Example sentences of "[was/were] sir [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among her forebears were Sir Joseph Jekyll , master of the Rolls ; Thomas Jekyll , clergyman ; and Thomas Jekyll , antiquary [ qq.v . ] . |
| 2 | But Edward had a more substantial motive for planning an invasion of Normandy : his strategy was to take the pressure off Lancaster in Aquitaine by providing a diversion in Normandy and another in Flanders , were Sir Hugh Hastings had been appointed Lieutenant and given the command of Flemish troops who would advance from the north against Philip . |
| 3 | But still greater losses were Sir Simon Fraser , Sir Alexander Lindsay , Sir John the Graham and the two uncles of the Steward , Sir James and Sir John Stewart . |
| 4 | The judges for the prize were Sir Roger de Grey , Norman Adams , Keeper of the RA Schools , Stewart Steven , editor of the Mail on Sunday , Chris Lycett , head of Radio One music , Andrew Kalman , director of the Crane Gallery and Ian Spero , managing director of Spero Communications . |
| 5 | The local gentry were Sir John and Lady Wardley , who lived at Seaton Cramer Hall , a large and dramatically sombre stately pile set in wooded grounds about two miles inland from Cramer . |
| 6 | Were Sir Charles Wilson 's frequent trips to inquire into the future of the Dundee Institute of Art and Technology really necessary ? |
| 7 | The heroes of this campaign were Sir David English , Sir Nicholas Lloyd , Kelvin MacKenzie and the other editors of the grander Tory press . |
| 8 | I thought you were Sir Henry . |
| 9 | The pall-bearers were Sir G. Saville , Mr Townshend , Dunnin and Burke . ’ |
| 10 | Among those admiring the portrait yesterday at the Royal Society of Musicians was Sir Yehudi Menuhin , the septuagenarian fiddler . |
| 11 | The oldest Argentine citizen at the dinner was Sir Frank Roberts , formerly our ambassador in Moscow and Bonn . |
| 12 | The moving spirit behind the November 1989 Commons debate was Sir Ian Lloyd , who delivered a grand and gloomy swan song as chairman of the Commons ' Energy Committee . |
| 13 | It was Sir Robin , amiably grilling the leader of the Opposition , who forced Mr Kinnock into the open about his Damascene conversions in favour of the European Community and against unilateral disarmament . |
| 14 | Another seer who forecast a Tory majority — without compromising his impartiality — was Sir Robin Day . |
| 15 | Perhaps the best-known Sussex case of this was Sir Anthony Browne , Henry 's Master of the Horse . |
| 16 | It was Sir Anthony 's eightieth birthday concert and everybody wanted a ticket . |
| 17 | I was Sir Anthony Evans when I came out … and , ’ — he took his wife 's hand — ‘ my dear Linda was Lady Evans . ’ |
| 18 | The lord of the manor for South Skirlaugh was Sir F. A. Clifford Constable and for the North it was William Bethell . |
| 19 | Among her policy advisers , the best-known was Sir Alan Walters , whose wraith-like presence as her adviser on the economy proved so vexatious to the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Nigel Lawson , that he resigned . |
| 20 | One of the speakers was Sir Simon Gourlay , president of Conservation Food Producers . |
| 21 | The naval code proved harder to crack ; that was Sir Harry 's achievement . |
| 22 | Next to Churchill there was only one man whom Mrs Robson apparently favoured , and that was Sir Arthur Harris , because was n't he sending bombers over by the thousand to knock hell out of them over there ? |
| 23 | This was a post of some importance ; family connections apart , Deane 's colonel from the winter of 1647–8 to 1650 was Sir Arthur Hesilrige [ q.v. ] , one of the most influential politicians in the new Commonwealth . |
| 24 | He thought it was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . |
| 25 | His name was Sir Humphrey Agnew , and he had consorted with a witch hereabouts . |
| 26 | Possibly the most curious budget tipple was Sir Derick Heathcoat-Amory 's , rum and honey in cold milk . |
| 27 | But the seminal event was Sir Peter 's decison to publish A Force for Change , the survey carried out last year by the Wolff Olins consultancy . |
| 28 | Her first husband , Lord of Templecombe , was Sir Roger Mortimer . ’ |
| 29 | A hundred years ago , in 1640 , the head of the Baskerville family was Sir Hugo Baskerville . |
| 30 | The existence of the Secret Intelligence Service ( SIS ) , commonly known as MI6 , was publicly acknowledged for the first time by the government when Major announced on May 6 that the service would , like its domestic intelligence counterpart MI5 [ see p. 37158 ] , be placed on a statutory basis during the 1992-93 session of Parliament , and confirmed that its Chief was Sir Colin McColl . |