Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] be the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | Useless for Boswell to point out that notwithstanding the title ‘ Doctor ’ , physick did not belong in Johnson 's otherwise comprehensive repertoire , and here it was that the landlord made a distinction which so pleased Johnson : ‘ They say he is the greatest man in England , except Lord Mansfield . ’ |
| 2 | Oh no look it was the invisible man driving the car . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not a question of whether I feel I 'm the best man for the job . |
| 4 | I suppose you 're the top man ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I liked him ’ , one daughter summed up a grandfather who had been orphaned in the Irish potato famine : ‘ he was an old man , and I was only nine when he died , but as our father was at the [ First World ] War , I suppose he was the only man in the house . |
| 6 | Police believe it was the same man . |
| 7 | Just when I think you 're the kindest man in the world you suddenly get the glooms again . |
| 8 | I think you are the boldest man I ever met with , but sir , surely you ought to know that you are not now in the Haymarket . |
| 9 | ‘ It is leap year and I lost no time in popping the question as I think he is the right man to lead Claro and Grindlewood Park into the twenty-first century . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I think it 's the same man , ’ Bodo said . |