Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cadfael kneeled behind the dead man 's shoulders , and looked closely at the indented wound , in which white points of bone showed in the centre of the encrusted blood . |
| 2 | The softly spoken command came from the third man , who had remained silent until now . |
| 3 | On one occasion , Orton told about an old man who took him into a cave in Tunisia and asked him to feel his posterior . |
| 4 | Hoskyns called on the great man in his chairman 's office at Tube Investments . |
| 5 | So saying , Rocky called in the four man crew who helped the driver of the other rig to raise his ramp and close the doors . |
| 6 | In The Faerie Queene , Spenser wrote of the first man and woman as ‘ Elfe … and Fay … [ of ] whom all Fayres spring ’ : |
| 7 | A terrible laugh came from the younger man . |
| 8 | Mach stared at the other man a moment , wide-eyed , wondering , as he had so often lately , how DeVore came to know so much . |
| 9 | Karen looked at the old man and for a moment she saw something cold and frightening in his smiling eyes . |
| 10 | Riven demanded of the big man . |
| 11 | ‘ You 've come lately from Winchester , my friend ? ’ fitzAlan enquired of the younger man . |
| 12 | How to account for this impression , I do not know , although the body belonged to a young man of about Shelley 's age . |
| 13 | A man Robert recognized as the second man from the Frog and Ferret started to hop in circles , beating himself on the head and shouting something . |
| 14 | Maxim suspected that the cottage belonged to the old man , too , and went with the job . |
| 15 | Jackson spoke softly , still looking out of the window , his head turned from the other man . |
| 16 | The smile vanished from the little man 's face . |
| 17 | Rose Quinton looked at the extraordinary man and thought as many another had : what a pity ! |
| 18 | Shelley looked like a haunted man . |
| 19 | Reports in the papers the following day spoke of a naked man going berserk on the street and being struck by a car . |
| 20 | He flicked his own eyes towards the rear seat , and his heart leapt as the black man 's eyes narrowed slightly then glanced at the figure in the back . |
| 21 | The opera was to be half a triumphant progress of a great queen through history ( and how appropriate that it should contain , in Act Two , a Royal Progress ) , and half a story of an old woman disappointed by a selfish man . |
| 22 | Suddenly , the barrel shook as a heavy man sat down and rested his shoulders against it . |
| 23 | Carradine hacked at the other man 's stick and a length of wood flew away . |
| 24 | Your father worked for a good man . ’ |
| 25 | She took them with such sweetness , and grace , with such a look of affectionate gratitude and pleasure , that Gabriel felt like the Wise Man who presented frankincense to the Virgin Mary . |
| 26 | The real God appeared in a real man . |
| 27 | Lady Mary smiled at the young man as he doffed his topper to her , and walked her horse on , uncertain for a moment of her guest 's identity . |
| 28 | Neighbours spoke of a quiet man who spent most of his spare time working for charity . |
| 29 | Tense with resentment , Virginia rounded on the inert man by the pool . |
| 30 | The dog leaped at the closest man who , encumbered with carbine and sword , could not cut down at the beast , then Sharpe 's mare slammed into the Frenchman 's horse and the big sword slashed down at the Dragoon . |