Example sentences of "[prep] a man 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus was Cu Sith , and he differed from other dogs in having paws that left prints the size of a man 's , and a long tail plaited in a flat braid which lay coiled upon his back . |
| 2 | " And this was a case of a man 's being found on the mud ? " |
| 3 | Moustache — not terrible , just fluff really , but yes , moustache — healthy cheeks flecked with broken red veins , big strong hands like a man 's with big knuckles , hairy wrists . |
| 4 | … bred amongst the Indians , having a triple row of teeth , in bigness and roughness like a lion 's , face and ears like a man 's , a tail like a scorpion 's , with a sting and sharp-pointed quills … |
| 5 | Citizenship presumably had certain advantages which made it worth a man 's while taking it up , but in a period of increasing civic oligarchy one may wonder how greatly these outweighed the disadvantages . |
| 6 | Getting older may be ‘ less profoundly wounding for a man ’ , because throughout life being physically attractive counts more in a woman 's life than in a man 's , and for women especially beauty is identified with youthfulness . |
| 7 | ( He had always used a lady 's bike as a teenager because he thought the middle bar on a man 's one might do him a mischief if he cocked his leg over it carelessly . ) |