Example sentences of "[prep] the man in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the Nonconformist minister as well as for the man in the pew , preaching lay at the heart of chapel life . |
| 2 | Congress has always posed major problems for the man in the White House . |
| 3 | For the man in the ‘ hot seat ’ , Christopher Barry , this seven part serial will prove an important stepping stone in his chosen career as a Director , a career which began some sixteen years earlier on his leaving the armed forces . |
| 4 | She sat down on one of the seats , and waited for the man in the woollen hat to come up , see her , and check . |
| 5 | Again , solicitors and accountants may have greater awareness of tax rates , but this is less likely for the man in the street . |
| 6 | For the man in the street , sueing for libel can be an expensive business . |
| 7 | But for the man in the street of course or anything does n't give you any such a look ahead information . |
| 8 | As the man in the street normally understands it , the noun autograph means ‘ autograph signature ’ . |
| 9 | If I 'd become known as the Man In The Pyjamas , I 'd have to wear those pyjamas for the rest of my life ! |
| 10 | As the man in the manky mackintosh says ‘ … have I got a treat for you ! ? ’ |
| 11 | And even after due allowance has been made for the undeniable fact , easily forgotten as it is , that literature is written by writers , and that writers are likely to be highly exceptional beings who actively prefer working alone , there is still something persuasively representative about the man in the play who would rather listen to a new recording of a favourite opera than to the problems of his neighbours and relatives . |
| 12 | We 've talked about the man in the cemetery , the graveyard , and we 've talked about other people coming into the drop in centre and their sense of anger , but what about your sense of anger ? |
| 13 | If , or , you , I think he buys them off the man in the market . |
| 14 | do n't obsess yourself with the idea that none of them ( Unionist MPs ) understand the view of the man in the street … there is plenty of soundness in the party inside the House … and , easy as it is to call everyone inside Parliamentarians , and to assume that everyone outside are the only judges … you will have to get inside before you realize the difficulties of the situation , or the value of the cool-headed men who still represent the Unionist party in the House , and remain independent of Cabinet influence … |
| 15 | He was the one person within his household who had told him the truth ; he had been his eyes and ears in the community , voiced the opinions of the man in the street . |
| 16 | Curled up in his army greatcoat , Frankie listened to the snores of the man in the attic and hoped and prayed that neither Sweetheart nor the two policemen would tell Buddie that he had wandered off and become lost . |
| 17 | It was not a ‘ true ’ style because it had not developed within an era to meet a genuine need ; it was merely copying the dead and it ‘ degrades architecture from its high position of a quasi-natural production to that of a mere imitative art ’ , a criticism often levied by professional architects against the wishes of the man in the street . |
| 18 | ‘ Kenneth Gurney , MP , a backbencher with no governmental or party axe to grind , but a keen awareness of the rights of the man in the street , here to ask questions on behalf of the watching millions … . ’ |
| 19 | Thus Mike the Italian was cleared , but Berret was still a little unsure of Candy : he fitted well the description of the man in the blue suit . |
| 20 | They resented its reluctance to accept that the opinion of a psychologist based on test evidence was more valid than the opinion of the man in the street — or on the jury — based on observation , and they were annoyed that the court failed to recognise that the tests involved were as confidential as those carried out by any other medical practitioner . |
| 21 | Then comes the whip , the sudden vicious reminder of the man in the street . |
| 22 | The eyes of the man in the doorway had been a reawakening for Sara . |
| 23 | It was of the man in the cemetery coming after her with her mother 's bread knife . |
| 24 | It does seem that Ross 's view is ( as he claimed ) very much that of the man in the street ( or at least in the streets with which Ross was familiar ) . |
| 25 | There are many reasons , apart from the trading of favours , for a legislator or bureau-crat going along with the wishes of the man in the White House . |
| 26 | He 'll show you how to impress your friends and he 'll talk about the role of the man in the kitchen . |
| 27 | He nodded in the direction of the man in the bed . |
| 28 | He looks quickly in his mirror , and sees the head of the man in the car behind move from side to side with sardonic patience . |
| 29 | After the coming of the man in the night , Miguel had grown glum and thoughtful . |
| 30 | So when the espresso machine was quiet for a moment , she leaned over to catch the attention of the man in the Aquascutum raincoat . |