Sentence examples for gentlemen of this from inspiring English sources
"Can you explain to the ladies and gentlemen of this jury how it is that a police officer two blocks away, with his windows up and his radio on, heard two shots, but you didn't hear a thing?" Mr. Leventhal demanded.
The Guardian published a review of Elizabeth Gaskell's novel Mary Barton that, while appreciating the merits of the book as fiction, resented the imputations against northern mill owners, calling it "a libel on the masters, merchants and gentlemen of this city, who have never been exceeded by those of any other part of the kingdom in acts of benevolence and charity, both public and private".
No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense!
In the end, Johnnie woos the jury with this charismatic, yet utterly nonsensical argument, and wins the case for the record company.... Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed grand jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider.
Although this relationship of love should now more aptly be described as "friends with bennies" (i.e., I will call upon it once every few months or so when not much else is on), at times I have caught myself reminiscing about the good ole days.... Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider.
Ladies and gentlemen of the Democratic Party: This is politics.
You can almost hear the officious D.A.: "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this was a heinous crime.
"Gentlemen of the jury, no doubt the throat of this commercial traveller has been cut.
"You would not tolerate being told off by this gentleman of this background," he told the boy.
By R. B. Miller and E. B. White The New Yorker, December 16 , 1933P. 11 Our angry campaign against the prevailing motorcar design has borne fruit: a gentleman of this city has imported a London cab (two years after we had pointed out the merits of this vehicle) and is using it around town.
But the very next paragraph shows us Barrett at her most recklessly self-confident, writing dialogue for the heroine: "Dear Madam... were you then privileged to know the gentleman of this gracious house whilst still he walked these venerable halls?" Nothing much is got right here.
