Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] the man " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Fallon , owner of the Gallery Press and Katherine 's literary agent , says of Dr Kavanagh : ‘ Because he 'd devoted certain energies to Patrick , he acted as if the man were entirely his . |
| 2 | It is almost as if the man assigned the task has been chosen by lot , except that the drawing seems to have been fixed . |
| 3 | Culley tracked left and found him again , startled by the way the image was drawn to stand before him , as if his voice must be heard , as if the man must see as clearly as he was seen — Levis , stetson , a loose shirt ; a rifle cradled in one arm . |
| 4 | Dexter detected a glimmer of pleasure , as if the man felt instinctive sympathy for Lancaster and took personal satisfaction in thwarting the police . |
| 5 | Cranston sat on the bed just staring at the corpse as if the man was alive and the coroner wished to draw him into friendly conversation . |
| 6 | He passed some coins over without counting , staring stupidly at the eyes that looked hurt with expected rejection , as if the man knew what would be said to put him off . |
| 7 | ‘ Think how it wakes the seeds ’ , this itself suggests that the force in question is not God and is indifferent to whether the man lives or dies as although it takes the effort to wake the seeds and the earth it can not wake ‘ sides full-nerved — still warm ’ . |
| 8 | He slept immediately and deeply , and then got up at six a.m. to turn the television on and make the tea ready for when the man he lived with got in from work . |