Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | So convincing was he that Amiram Nir , the Israeli counter-terrorism man — whose presence at the talks was even more risky — decided he should change his hair too . |
| 2 | LEAST FAVE MAN IN ROCK |
| 3 | But Dawn , you should have carried on that course man . |
| 4 | ‘ And that kind man , who desperately would have liked to have children , who took the time to listen and help . ’ |
| 5 | The 27-year-old North-East man was at times impatient and ragged and displayed the expected ring rust from the ten-month lay-off he had had before the fight . |
| 6 | That Malibu man , that 's narf nice . |
| 7 | Effect on a normal weight man |
| 8 | How many units of alcohol could a normal weight man take without going over the limit ? a.2 b.4 c.8 d.10 |
| 9 | I find myself rather like the old shell man having to look both ways at once , because part of my division is is town and part of it is country and they have very different views about the by-pass erm |
| 10 | She thought it quite wonderful that this kind man , who was not married , who had a job , who was on Lambeth Council 's housing list , actually wanted Tina to go and live with him . |
| 11 | Bishops then turned up the pressure in a search for an equaliser , and it nearly came on seventy minutes as yet another debut man , Tommy Callanan blasted the ball against the underside of the ball from literally yards out when it was easier to score . |
| 12 | At this stage the specification is passed to another computer man , called a programmer , who converts the specification into code which is readable by the computer . |
| 13 | Coarse vox man Rikky Turner agrees with my assertion about his native Ashton . |
| 14 | Coarse vox man Rikky Turner agrees with my assertion about his native Ashton . |
| 15 | Like the statue of the Virgin who put her arms round the young man and put his wedding ring on her finger to be his bride for ever , this pastry man , so scrumptious , sweet-smelling , so delicious to taste , comes to life as you speak and puts his arms around you and you put yours round him … . |
| 16 | Just look at the table of comparative costs and hope that when you get to the station there 's a friendly British Rail man with time and patience to explain it all . |
| 17 | Totally different wavelength man . |
| 18 | ‘ So Tatham became a top field man by reading Shakespeare . |
| 19 | Time , you old gypsy man , Will you not stay Put up your caravan Just for one day ? |
| 20 | There were , you know , wee bits of Lego , and a broken Action Man and that — must have belonged to wee Steven , that 's Mr Fleming 's wee boy , he 's only about three , I saw him with Mr Fleming in Woolworth 's in Sauchiehall Street last Saturday , and he 's absolutely gorgeous . |
| 21 | I suppose I 'll have to go to this Sheldrake man for my pigs . ’ |
| 22 | The widow of another exUDR man allegedly murdered with Casey 's help said she did not believe the allegations . |
| 23 | Another top Mafia man , who is supposed to have directed billions of dollars-worth of heroin shipments , spent a decade hanging around Knickerbocker Avenue , a run-down neighbourhood in Brooklyn . |
| 24 | Mind you , it is rather surprising that McDonald , a top session man turned star performer , has not established himself as a big noise in Europe . |
| 25 | The best 120 will be in the International event , where Olympic champion Chris Boardman ( North Wirral Velo-Kodak ) renews battle with Scottish wonder man Graeme Obree . |
| 26 | Another committee man said : ‘ We want an engineer and we 've hired a baker . |
| 27 | It was this second man who now asked the first , the last , question . |
| 28 | Such is the geography of the area that a top UFF man in the Shankill and the IRA 's top man in North Belfast recently became involved in a heated verbal exchange in a bizarre incident while stopped in cars at traffic lights on the Crumlin Road . |
| 29 | When another Arsenal man , Paul Davis , was caught by TV cameras breaking Southampton rival Glenn Cockerill 's jaw with an off-the-ball punch in September 1988 , Davis was hit with a nine-match ban and £3,000 fine . |
| 30 | A burnt umber man in a raw sienna compartment . |