Example sentences of "[adv] the man " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman had rubbed herself vigorously with the leaves , and presumably the man had been exposed to some of the plant 's irritant oil remaining on her body after washing . |
| 2 | Presumably the man expected him to add , in the section of the proposal form where you were supposed to talk about your passion for hang-gliding or free-fall parachute jumping , a brief paragraph along the lines of I HAVE ALSO BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY AN ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST . |
| 3 | Tyler is first mentioned ( in conjunction with a John Rackstraw , presumably the man later known as Jack Straw ) in a reference to a command issued on 13 June ( 11 , pp.145–7 ) . |
| 4 | Slowly the man remembers … |
| 5 | Luckily the man had the pit bull on a lead . |
| 6 | Stay with the man , watching him , waiting hour after hour , until eventually the man has to give in and say something to draw the whole thing to a close . |
| 7 | And as the conversation f went on a little further eventually the man said the policeman said for no accountable reason And what 's your load anyway ? |
| 8 | Now a podgy , desperately unfit bar-fly , he simply was n't up to taking on the Man of Action role that he craved . |
| 9 | The term ‘ an efficient farm ’ has defied description from many authorities but from this survey it appeared that it was not a farm or a system or an enterprise that was efficient but rather the man who ran it . |
| 10 | ‘ You asked for this , ’ he commented , ‘ or rather the man you sent demanding an audience asked for it . ’ |
| 11 | But it is possible to understand better the man behind those achievements . |
| 12 | Suddenly the man next to you says : ‘ Of course , you realise that more than 50 per cent of all road journeys are less than three miles long ? ’ |
| 13 | Suddenly the man on the phone was furious . |
| 14 | Suddenly the man went berserk . |
| 15 | Suddenly the man called Barakai gave a shout , then charged . |
| 16 | Suddenly the man bent and grabbed the leather thong , swinging the hound off its feet and hurling it against the tree . |
| 17 | Apparently the man , whose body was now on its way to the city mortuary , was drunk . |
| 18 | ‘ Apparently the man often took Igor to the moor for fresh air and exercise . ’ |
| 19 | And apparently the man was a bit doolally pardon me . |
| 20 | ‘ The trouble is , ’ said the kadi , ‘ that apparently the man was a Copt . |
| 21 | But it was another slender figure , a woman , shimmying up on to the port wing , from there on to the scorching hull , running along the curve in great , light strides and flinging her arm out in front of her , pointing with her index and little fingers at the mob pulling down the man . |
| 22 | But I 'm trying to track down the man who brutally murdered Sandy , your sister . |
| 23 | As I sat down the man on my left gave me a brief nod . |
| 24 | If there is no potential willingness in the woman to respond , then perhaps the man would never approach her . |
| 25 | Perhaps the man was excited because he saw the chance of making more money , Kirov rejected , in the hope that reminding himself of the mercenary side of the Jew 's character might make his job a little easier . |
| 26 | William Wybarn of Ticehurst ( goods £1 10 ) took on Bayham forge in 1525 , and Thomas Oxenbrege of Northiam ( £52 ) demised the Darfold Wood furnace in Mountfield and a forge at Etchingham in 1535 to a Thomas Walsh , who was perhaps the man taxed on £5 per annum in Danehill Sheffield hundred . |
| 27 | Perhaps the man had picked it up in West Cameroun . |
| 28 | You see , there is word in the bazaar that perhaps the man heard beforehand that the Parquet were coming . |
| 29 | ‘ All the players from the side are living and well , thank God , ’ reports Derry PRO Bernie Mullan , ‘ Hugh Francis Gribben is perhaps the man furthest removed as he now lives in Meath where he is a land steward . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It 's a labour of love , ’ said Richard Nice , of Billingham , perhaps the man most responsible for the project , now in its eighth year . |