Example sentences of "the [adj] man [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Downstairs , the old man gathered together the piles of coins and laid them in the tin chest . |
| 2 | The old man looked up the staircase in front of them . |
| 3 | The old man put down the ch'a bowl and the cloth then went across to the boy , balancing on his haunches beside him . |
| 4 | Then the old man pointed out the path that Giles must take to reach Fablan Fawr . |
| 5 | The old men started up the music and the eunuchs began to dance . |
| 6 | The jury in the David Nock murder trial has been told that the accused man showed off the alleged murder weapon to his workmates . |
| 7 | Robert Smith was a relative of John 's first wife and found himself summoned by the great man to take over the accounts . |
| 8 | As he did so , the older man picked up the glasses which had been filled previously , and deliberately poured them over her head . |
| 9 | The young man pulled forward the chair he had been sitting on and lifted one leg up on it . |
| 10 | Woodcock noticed that all the young men looked rather the same , ‘ like corrupt cherubs ’ . |
| 11 | The other man picked up the dressing gown lying on the end of the bed and threw it at Connelly . |
| 12 | The two men walked down the hall . |
| 13 | The two men rode down the narrow alleyways where the great four-storey houses were interspaced with the ramshackle cottages and lean-tos of the workmen and artisans . |
| 14 | Mary hung around outside the stables , curious to hear her father in his element as the two men sorted out the rods . |
| 15 | Our father thinks you are the best man to carry out the task which is before us , and so you have our support , whatever you decide . ’ |