Example sentences of "[adj] man ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pitched forward , throwing himself down in the glutinous mud , covering his head with his hands as Farrell replied , bullets slicing through the air and singing above the prone man 's body , missing him , it seemed , by mere inches . |
| 2 | But still in the sky , on either side of the spine of upland , he could see the pall of urban haze that marked Man 's towns and cities . |
| 3 | Three screens showed views of the slim man 's shelter of rocks , but all that could be seen of the target were the streams of laser fire that issued from his blaster . |
| 4 | You will see what I mean if you read a very strange piece called ‘ A Free Man 's Worship ’ , which he wrote in nineteen-hundred and three . |
| 5 | And frequently , at the end of his life as much as in A Free Man 's Worship , you find him talking about nature in these highly personalized terms . |
| 6 | How marvellous it was to be free ; how appalling it would have been to have had to wash some man 's socks and cope with his whingeing children . |
| 7 | It has been suggested , from an evolutionary point of view , that language may have arisen out of primitive man 's use of manual gestures to communicate with his fellows ( Hewes , 1973 ) . |
| 8 | The ‘ she-male ’ character of the Bessy is not merely a woman impersonated by a man , but denotes a combination of both male and female , a total unity encompassing the whole in primitive man 's attempt to understand the universe . |
| 9 | They are essentially threatening or assaulting practices and , like silent or heavy-breathing telephone calls , may be thought of as the sexually-poor man 's rape ! |
| 10 | She was not the type of woman necessary for this man 's happiness . |
| 11 | It was just a great romantic thing , when one somehow fell into this man 's arms — like Hollywood films . |
| 12 | She wanted to be taken in this man 's arms , kissed , caressed , held safe . |
| 13 | This man 's suit was as well-cut as Jeff 's , his tie matched his shirt , while his wife looked like a model , with gleaming fair hair , and a dress that had surely cost more than her own . |
| 14 | She promised herself never again to disturb the peace of this man 's life . |
| 15 | She remembered her fear for this man 's life , the way she had fled through the castle to warn him , her useless defiance of Matilda 's wrath and the threat hanging over her head if she refused to co-operate with the Empress . |
| 16 | As he entered the study , Stephen reflected on how fortunate he had been to obtain this man 's services . |
| 17 | ‘ How did you know this man 's name was Quince ? ’ asked Bramble with a hint of incredulity . |
| 18 | According to a letter in the files this man 's name was Pavey . |
| 19 | Well it came about and I believe this man 's name was but I would n't be too certain , I think it was . |
| 20 | ‘ What was this man 's name ? ’ |
| 21 | Instead of waiting for a slot on national TV , the police could have already put this man 's name into the public domain . |
| 22 | ’ I stress , of course , ’ I concluded , ’ that I would consider myself personally responsible for this man 's reputation . ’ |
| 23 | For example I shall later consider Bultmann , who has no classical two-nature Christology , but who says of Jesus , as of no other , that this was the man whom God raised from the dead ; so that for him this man 's resurrection becomes the pivot of history . |
| 24 | But there was nothing in the least admiring in this man 's assessment of her . |
| 25 | You can imagine the population of th , of a nearby town , every now and again they would come down and perhaps throw some food over in this man 's direction a loaf of bread , a , a a a a a a , a hunk of meat or , some other food every now and again so he would keep alive . |
| 26 | Except my bloody husband , who is still blissfully unaware of this man 's existence , let alone his identity . |
| 27 | Who , or what , was this strange teacher , this man 's voice , her ‘ angel of music ’ ? |
| 28 | Did you restore this man 's sight ? |
| 29 | At this point I began to have serious doubts about this man 's hold on reality . |
| 30 | Any astrologer worth her salt would have predicted this man 's presence and told her to steer clear . |