Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] a man [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She cites one example of a man who spent several years living in his parents-in-law 's house but still had little to do with them afterwards ; another where a man had helped to nurse his father-in-law through an illness , but when that was over had as little contact with him as he had before ( Cornwell , 1984 , p. 89 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ What could be more manly than a man holding a woman in his arms ? ’ |
| 3 | She had no idea how to proceed during the ceremony and was relieved that a man had to go first . |
| 4 | He took down the painting and planned to leave with it , but then he heard Sabine and a man shouting in the lounge . |
| 5 | I mean certainly you ca n't achieve as much as a man does , but also the jobs just are n't there any more , not so much , and the main change I 'd like to see in education is that it would help girls cope with this dilemma . |
| 6 | And getting nearly as much as a man got in some . |
| 7 | Women can similarly become inwardly cold when a man gets too close to them . |
| 8 | She has the potential for fulfilling all that a man hopes to attain in his life . |
| 9 | Her progress had been one of near-collisions , dodging round cases and people , and just as the gate she 'd wanted had come in sight she had seen Lori and a man passing through . |
| 10 | Addressing the Supreme Soviet during a debate on emergency price curbs , Mr Ryzhkov was far blunter than a man accustomed to the velvety circumlocutions and understatements , second nature to Western central bankers . |
| 11 | The door to Joe 's room swung open and a man stepped out into the landing . |
| 12 | The heavy iron door swung open and a man stepped into the cell , the door hurriedly closing behind him . |
| 13 | They have missed it , they are n't on it , they decided not to come — ’ At the far end of the train a door swung open and a man climbed down and shouted for a porter . |
| 14 | Mind you , if erm someone erm thought of erm if you 're on your own and a man says to you I 'm married but I do n't like it can I come and live with you ? |
| 15 | Life , as he had once said to the Zoo Curator , was wonderful and a man had best enjoy it while he may . |
| 16 | A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself . |
| 17 | The door opened wider and a man stepped inside from the growing darkness of the street . |
| 18 | A pile of wooden boxes as tall as a man stood on the quay . |
| 19 | Everybody in ‘ our town ’ feels indignant about the insult to the respected old gentleman , and a proposal gets off the ground to give a subscription dinner in his honour ; but finally ‘ we ’ think better of it , ‘ perhaps realizing at last that a man had , after all , been pulled by the nose , so there really was n't any cause for a celebration . ’ |
| 20 | As the Cloud-author might say , contemplative understanding comes from nowhere and is experienced as a gift : We must not be surprised if a man does not attain the heights of contemplation or experience its sweetness at the beginning of his Christian life . |