Example sentences of "[adj] man ['s] [noun] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Actually , that poor girl 's a bit cut up about something , ’ Leo said , putting an affectionate arm around the younger man 's shoulders as they watched Cindy in the garden . |
| 2 | If salmon is still the rich man 's herring , one can no longer think of herrings as the poor man 's salmon for they have become so expensive that one buys them by the troy ounce . |
| 3 | There was respect in the older man 's eyes as he looked at her . |
| 4 | ’ … and Millie was sick on that man 's hat when we were oan the roller-coaster . ‘ |
| 5 | She may have had some capital of her own , though many a wife in Victorian times was little better off as one man 's wife than she had been as another man 's daughter : |
| 6 | As I tottered away I paused and addressed the big man 's back as he prepared for his next victim . |
| 7 | The young man 's disillusionment when it comes confirms , not only the observer 's prediction , but the superiority of his evaluation over the young man 's , although not necessarily its correctness . |
| 8 | Will the hon. Gentleman tell the constituent of mine who is over 21 and earns £50 for a 40-hour week why he has taken a greater percentage of the young man 's earnings than he has from his right hon. and hon. Friends who go to the City and , for part-time work , earn hundreds of thousands of pounds ? |