Example sentences of "[art] man [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alarm was sounded after a member of public spotted the man drifting in the tiny dinghy just after 7.30pm . |
| 2 | The alarm was sounded after a member of the public spotted the man drifting in the tiny dinghy just after 7.30pm . |
| 3 | Yacoub connected the device , but the man died in the early hours of |
| 4 | It seemed that the man hiding in the bushes by the gate existed only in the mind of Mrs Browning , although she was quite genuinely afraid . |
| 5 | Picasso later explained , in 1939 , that the man seated in the centre of the composition was a sailor enjoying the company of the naked women . |
| 6 | The lamp rests on the manuscript so that enough light will fall on the corner of the sofa in which the man sits in the evening to read his paper . |
| 7 | As a regular lieutenant in charge of the divisional runners at Souville stated , simply : ‘ The bravery of the man isolated in the midst of danger is the true form of courage . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Like the man said in the song , ‘ you have nothing to lose but your chains . ’ ’ |
| 9 | NICK FALDO , with what appears to be a perfectly-timed run into his very best form , looks like being the man to beat in the Masters , which begins at Augusta National today . |
| 10 | Edward took the boots and glanced at the man sitting in the chair . |
| 11 | Good well let's try to collect some of the ideas then , would the man sitting in the extreme front , would you like to read out what you 've written please ? |
| 12 | The man found in the Queen 's bedroom admitted a long list of offences . |
| 13 | Fireman Dann , 37 , who was cycling along the promenade , saw the man collapsed in the water . |
| 14 | The man freezes in the act of stowing away his wallet . |
| 15 | We have italicised the expressions relating to the man identified in the headline as Priest . |
| 16 | Leila looked up and saw the man standing in the doorway , recognising him immediately for a creature less human than Sindy or any of her contemporaries . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , where would I go ? ’ demanded the man standing in the garden . |
| 18 | The man standing in the middle of the room will remain anonymous . |
| 19 | But he certainly was n't the man to have in the driving seat on the union side when both management and workers were striving for the sheer survival of the company , and needed to work together if they were to pull through . |
| 20 | ‘ We 've been fortunate , so far , ’ the Governor said , looking down at the man lying in the bed . |
| 21 | DETECTIVES hunting a robber who sprayed a builder and his wife with CS gas are trying to trace a man seen in the area just before the raid . |
| 22 | They 've been encouraged by the response to a new artist 's impression of a man seen in the village . |
| 23 | A man serving in the R.A.F. wrote to say that he was deeply indebted to the doctors and nurses who had looked after his wife when she had been admitted with a complicated confinement , which had needed an operation . |
| 24 | The air hostesses inquired what I was making and a man passing in the aisle quite genuinely complimented me on my work . ’ |
| 25 | A man steeped in the froth of pop , he can pinpoint the moment the romance began . |
| 26 | A man goes in the pub , there 's a bear sitting in the corner . |
| 27 | ‘ Brother Hopkins , God rest him , was a man lost in the past but the manuscript he studied will be handed over . ’ |
| 28 | She pointed to the figure of a man propped in the corner , and the cylinders of oxygen in the back pack lying beside it . |
| 29 | For a man born in the north-east , where the tradition and practice of the joint board was strong , such sentiments were hardly surprising , though they were usually received by shipowners either with amusement at their naivety or with anger at their effrontery . |
| 30 | Therefore , a man born in the spring must surely celebrate his ninetieth birthday in the middle of the summer . |