Example sentences of "man [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They were rather unpleasantly self-satisfied for a start — and this was not incompatible with the impression made on him by the man himself at their meeting .
2 Moreover , by bringing man himself into a scheme of biological evolution , it abolished the sharp line between natural and human or social sciences .
3 Darwin brought not only animals but man himself into the evolutionary scheme .
4 Now the advent of the man himself into a classroom caused something of a sensation , even if it was under cover .
5 His background has been catalogued on many occasions and trawled by the man himself with the single-mindedness which characterizes all his causes .
6 ‘ Unlike most rock bands that will do practically anything to become controversial , ’ drawls the man himself before the show , ‘ our main focus is to keep controversy down .
7 The reason is that it is based , not on discernible facts , but on stories and writings that have been created by man himself in an era of his history obtaining long before he had learned that , if he were so minded , he could use his intellectual power to establish facts on which to build the structure , not only of his religion , but of the whole of his society .
8 It was as if he were preparing for the day he would be a big man himself in this town and wanted everyone on his side , wanted them all to think of him as a customer .
9 In my view , it was the values he upheld and the qualities of the man himself upon which pivots the genius that was Basil Rocke .
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