Example sentences of "[adj] mr brown " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rumour mill had been in high gear since late January , when the fifty-seven year old Mr Brown announced he would retire by the end of the year to devote more time to ‘ parenting ’ and to the university founded by his family in Providence , Rhode Island ( see The Art Newspaper No. 16 , March 1992 , p. 5 ) . |
| 2 | Dot knew that Mrs Parvis could n't care less what Mr Brown thought because Mr Brown did n't count for anything , because poor Mr Brown had never been in uniform . |
| 3 | ‘ Not that one likes to mention too much of that sort of thing in front of poor Mr Brown . |
| 4 | When Dot began to cry she was n't sure if it was because of thinking about poor Mr Brown 's two missing fingers or because she could n't remember what her father 's face looked like , or merely because of the alarming new orders about train departures cackling from the loudspeakers . |
| 5 | There is a serious question as to how reasonably you should fund the deficit and it is all very well to criticise this suggestion as to how the a gap should filled without making any sensible suggestions of your own and Mr Brown , nice Mr Brown so far |
| 6 | Benign Mr Brown . |
| 7 | If Mr Powell 's intention to become ‘ the education director ’ sets him slightly apart from the more flamboyant Mr Brown , in other respects he appears ready to follow his predecessor 's load . |