Example sentences of "man [adv] [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wg Cdr ( " Mad Doc " ) Winfield DFC , AFC — and no braver man ever took to the air , after completing 127 sorties — was found dead by his wife halfway up the stairs with a tray of morning tea , which might be a sort of warning to those of you and there may be a few who do get up to make your wives cups of tea . |
| 2 | A man once fell off the dock , with only one hand reaching above the surface . |
| 3 | The man still stared at the water , then suddenly he dropped to his haunches , squatting like the children did sometimes at play when the ground was too wet to sit . |
| 4 | When they had finished , one foot of the dead man still protruded above the surface . |
| 5 | Most significant of all was the feeling of panic as the young man repeatedly sank beneath the surface of the water and then rose again during his last moments . |
| 6 | That Arthur 'ad stopped at a pub on 'is way to the church , 'e said 'e needed fortifyin' , and 'im and 'is best man both went in the pub an' stayed there a lot longer than they should of . |
| 7 | Well the man nearly went through the roof and er , this was a Saturday morning , of course he did n't come , and in the meantime I had another replai re complaint about the path outside the W I hall , again which was a disgrace , not one person but several people . |
| 8 | The landlord claimed a well-dressed young man also passed through the village about the same time . |
| 9 | It was also during this period that primitive man undoubtedly arrived at the time when he was able to communicate with his fellows with developing abilities more effective than those available to the rest of living creatures . |
| 10 | The old man evidently lived in a world of his own ; it was pointless blaming him . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly , therefore , a man never noted for the quality of patience had rushed bullheaded on the opportunity offered by the accession of Mary . |
| 12 | Some Arabs in a tent gave them a little water and then the exhausted men finally stumbled into an outpost of the King 's Dragoon Guards . |