Example sentences of "[vb pp] the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the latter suggestion , and how it was put into practice , that has enslaved the working man to this day . |
| 2 | I can see that , given the right man , the job has immense possibilities . |
| 3 | From what I had gathered of her dinner with him in town , despite her obvious pleasure in meeting him again , she had given the poor man a straight brush-off . |
| 4 | Murnin is still on crutches after the much publicised incident involving controversial Crusaders star Kirk Hunter — but he has already forgiven the big man for the tackle which finished his career . |
| 5 | He displayed his contempt for Hollywood at the awards ceremony by refusing to accept the gold statuette and sending an Indian girl in his stead to protest at the way the movie industry had treated the Red Man . |
| 6 | Again no smell except for chrism where the priest had anointed the dead man . |
| 7 | It was inevitable yesterday , as Gordon Brown gave his performance , that Labour 's backbenchers were wondering whether they had picked the right man . |
| 8 | ‘ If you think I 'm falling into that trap you really have picked the wrong man to tangle with . |
| 9 | When she was ready to retreat to a country life , she chose the place where she had met the only man she had ever loved . |
| 10 | ‘ Maybe you have n't met the right man yet . ’ |
| 11 | Not a few men lost teeth because they had met the big man at the wrong moment . |
| 12 | And police have just named the dead man as thirty-six year old Digby Sanderson from Evesham Court Northampton . |
| 13 | When it was done the old man remarked that his dog was missing from it . |
| 14 | Having threatened the old man ( the teacher has continued in this role whenever necessary ) , he agrees to leave his house . |
| 15 | It would be good to make Ken Harris admit that for once he had suspected the wrong man . |
| 16 | We have seen the young man mutilated , |
| 17 | She had seen the young man leaving Mary Kelly 's rooms and slipping out of the building by the back way on more than one occasion . |
| 18 | In jumblespeech Meh'Lindi had reported , ‘ I 've just seen the Harlequin man . |
| 19 | And I 've seen the old man in this state before . |
| 20 | Bridget had seen the missing man on a Thursday . |
| 21 | Have you seen The Running Man ? |
| 22 | Who would have thought the old man could be so clever ? |
| 23 | Zak , I improvised instantly at the first enquiry , had thought the gaunt man had an interesting face and he wanted to ask if he could use him in a scene . |
| 24 | As sentence was passed one woman in the public gallery started sobbing hysterically and said you 've nicked the wrong man . |
| 25 | The Hazeldine/McNab partnership has transformed the shape and endurance of England players ; Cooke has transformed the inner man . |
| 26 | The appointment had been purely political , for Wellington had not wanted him , and the exiled Prince had consequently been kept well away from any fighting , though the experience had nevertheless convinced the young man that he had a fine talent for soldiering . |
| 27 | That decision has angered the dead man 's family . |
| 28 | Surely this is the kind of appointment which they only decide to make when they know they 've got the right man available . |
| 29 | We 've got the right man . |
| 30 | Ai n't got the old man 's talent , none of it . |