Example sentences of "[noun] in a [adj] man [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they broke bread it spurted and dripped blood , and their mirth was the rattle in a dying man 's throat . |
| 2 | A young , unescorted girl in a grubby man 's raincoat , taking a 3/6d. seat when the last programme was half-over , upset , for them , the natural order of things . |
| 3 | To get to that point , there was a quantum leap to be achieved , the proverbial turning point in a young man 's life when fate or some other thing takes a hand , and it was at this point in time that June — whom he says he still believed was his sister — reappeared in the story as a catalyst to a decision that would ultimately prove to be the most important in his life . |
| 4 | It 's summer 1992 , a poetry reading evening in a working men 's club . |
| 5 | If I had a little money in a rich man 's world . |
| 6 | On one of Lucky Town ‘ s best songs , Better Days , he has the wit to sing : ‘ It 's a sad funny ending to find yourself pretending / a rich man in a poor man 's shirt . ’ |