Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] man [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was while I was attending Sally Carmichael 's dancing class that I accidentally entered a beauty contest — the local Working Men 's Club where we practised was running a ‘ Queen of Sheffield Working Men 's Clubs ’ contest . |
| 2 | And he started playing through some of the songs from my club repertoire , answering my enquiring look with , ‘ I worked with you a couple of years back , in East Dean Working Men 's Club . ’ |
| 3 | Partial topic framework existing in a conversation between K ( 20+ , female , Edinburgh-resident , university student , … ) and J ( 60+ , male , Edinburgh-resident , retired , … ) in P Working Men 's Club , Edinburgh , … ) at T ( early evening , spring , 1976 , … ) mentioning ( J's three children — J ‘ s brothers — the schools they attended — the schools J attended — that J did badly at school — J left school at fourteen ) when K asks J what he did after he left school J : oh I done odd jobs like + paper boy + chemist 's shop worked in a chemist shop + and done two or three others+ and I finally started in the bricklaying + so I served my time as a bricklayer + K : that 's good money J : nowadays it is but in that + when my time was out it wasn't+ it was only three pounds nine a week + so + + K : my father was a stonemason and he started at home + and they were paid a halfpenny an hour extra for being left-handed + + |
| 4 | Refreshment time for members of Beacon Hill Working Men 's Club and two little boys . |
| 5 | The meeting at the Passfield Working Men 's Club last week was addressed by Dr. Chris Winfield , consultant physician at the Cambridge Military Hospital , Aldershot . |
| 6 | Palmer was closely concerned with the work of the Church of England Working Men 's Society and was for long its honorary treasurer . |
| 7 | There were times when Blackadder allowed himself to see clearly that he would end his working life , that was to say his conscious thinking life , in this task , that all his thoughts would have been another man 's thoughts , all his work another man 's work . |
| 8 | Kruger , who leads the UK rankings this season with 7,804 points , was unable to compete in Saturday 's Panasonic Northern Men 's League Division One match at Gateshead International Stadium . |
| 9 | Your first gig is on Sunday — a noon and night at Aldwarke Road Working Men 's Club , Rawmarsh . |
| 10 | After all , we have had for years Poor Man 's Lawyer sessions , political legal advice sessions , the legal aid scheme itself , and now , more recently , the neighbourhood law centres . |
| 11 | Lendl , who won his third successive Open title in 1987 , retired against Australian qualifier Neil Borwick while trailing 4-6 6-4 3-1 and became the record fifth men 's seed to lose in the first round this year . |
| 12 | For the first time in 14 years , the country 's top sprinter , currently sunning himself in Australia , has decided to skip the event at which he has won a record nine men 's titles . |
| 13 | ‘ He belongs to the Bonnie Scots Men 's Association . |
| 14 | In 1989 he was sacked as steward of Haughton Working Men 's Club , Darlington , over his organising of Red Nose Day activities . |
| 15 | In the past when any of her casual boyfriends had tried to deepen the relationship , having discovered early that laughter and gentle ridicule were the things most men 's egos could n't stand , she 'd resorted to clowning . |
| 16 | Nobody would argue that Britons in the decade 1982-1992 enjoyed living standards that 1930s world champions , Benny Lynch and Jackie Brown , would have regarded as being beyond the average working man 's reach , yet this period of comparative prosperity produced 11 British world champions : the greatest number per decade in British boxing history . |
| 17 | The mid- and late nineteenth century saw a savage counter-attack on this system , with a reduction of pensions to a mere third of the value of the average working man 's wage , and a concerted attempt to shift more of the burden back onto the family . |
| 18 | Throughout the day a local video store in Acomb ran a small raffle , raising £61 , and during the evening members were back raising funds through the sale of raffle tickets at Acomb working men 's club , achieving a further £125 . |
| 19 | According to a letter in the files this man 's name was Pavey . |
| 20 | INVERLEITH , who are currently fighting to avoid relegation from the Torrie Stockbrokers National Men 's Hockey League , yesterday received news they could well have done without . |
| 21 | JIM COURIER 's string of 1993 match victories ended yesterday when he was beaten 7-6 ( 7-5 ) , 6-1 by Derrick Rostagno in the first round of the Comcast US indoor men 's tournament in Philadelphia . |
| 22 | Tell me what you remember about the Palfry Working Men 's Club , your sort of earliest memories of it |
| 23 | If Sarah Lander ( writer of the first ‘ Unfair to Stefan ’ letter in the December/January issue of Tennis World ) would like to write to me , I would be happy to let her have a copy of a video of this year 's US Open men 's final . |
| 24 | In contrast to Descartes 's emphasis on a self-constituting autonomy born of certitude , Augustine 's formulation registered man 's uncertainty , and that inseparably from dependency upon a prior ordering of selfhood . |
| 25 | He was returning home on Saturday night after a drink with friends at the Haughton Le Skerne Working Men 's Club when the attack happened . |
| 26 | Forthcoming fund-raising events include a sponsored walk organised by Hopetown and Whessoe Working Men 's Club on April 12 . |
| 27 | IT IS 18 years since Coatbridge last won the Royal Bank Scottish Men 's Cup , but their tradition in the competition is such that their appearance in another final this year can not be discounted . |
| 28 | GRAHAM Fowler from Puma Sunderland , appearing in his fifth final eventually became the Durham and Cleveland County Closed Men 's singles champion at Tennis World , Middlesbrough . |
| 29 | It also marked a record sixth consecutive year that the number one men 's seed will not win the title . |
| 30 | Division Two men 's club Ware and Third Division North London have each been fined £150 for failing to fulfil fixtures at the weekend . |