Example sentences of "[adj] man had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course they laugh at Beryl and her friend , they think Francis was a bit weird , and the old man had the name for being tight fisted , but there 's no stick to beat a dog with in all that . ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps because of disincentives built into the Supplementary Benefit system , the ‘ zero-earner couple ’ category is bigger than one would expect if the wives of unemployed men had the same economic activity rates as the wives of employed men ( see Rimmer , 1987 , p. 44 for a discussion of this phenomenon ) . |
| 3 | The young , broad-shouldered man had the collar of his tattered grey overcoat pulled up around his ears and his cap was drawn down over his forehead . |
| 4 | Trent had to stay in close or be shot down , but in close , the big man had the advantage of weight and strength . |
| 5 | The young man had the highly charged presence of Jonah Barrington to help him . |