Example sentences of "[adj] man [unc] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she dreamed of him again it would be this man 's face she would see . |
| 2 | And it is not just the top man 's name which some women find baffling about Europe . |
| 3 | The lawyer , the printing works foreman , and Beryl had each of them offered facets of the old man 's character which suggested not only a cynical vein of humour and a streak of malice but a disdainful attitude to at least some of those closest to him . |
| 4 | But she was not intimidated by the old man 's manner which could sometimes be childishly cajoling , sometimes violent as it was today . |
| 5 | As I passed the table with the remains of the old man 's meal I saw what seemed to be the only form of ornament in the cottage , a cracked vase holding a magnificent bouquet of carnations . |
| 6 | Jeans cut off thigh-high to make shorts and a T-shirt he had made out of an old man 's vest he had bought for 20p in a sale under the arches at Charing Cross Station and dyed green and yellow . |
| 7 | The young people who have caught the madness of war are , in fact , prisoners of this old men 's mentality which has charmed them . |
| 8 | The move won Gordon the heavyweight Open title and provided a much-needed lift for a British men 's team who were inevitably overshadowed by the success of the women . |
| 9 | But an honest man 's aboon his might , |
| 10 | It is not the poor man 's shelter it pretends to be , but a rich man 's plaything , related to that larger Dairy House which Richardson 's heroine , Clarissa , inherits half a century earlier from her grandfather . |
| 11 | In one case an elderly man 's son who was his carer would deliberately pull out the catheter inserted by the nurse . |
| 12 | And as they went on , you know , it was gradually working up and so therefore the graph , each man 's productivity you know , was rising . |
| 13 | ‘ Apparently , ’ Conolly continues , ‘ Champagne is to be restored to the position of the rich man 's drink it enjoyed before those wretched own-label chappies started making it available to all ! ’ |
| 14 | She discovered though that it was not the odd-job man 's name which was causing him mild amusement , but her ! |
| 15 | And they both have the one man 's name I really ca n't stand . |
| 16 | I am one man 's meat I am nobody 's fool I refuse to make fish of the |
| 17 | Of course Boy had seen inside a lot of different men 's houses , but this was the first man 's life he had ever watched at such close quarters , the first time he had ever seen a man taking care of himself , the first time he had ever seen another man living day after day after day . |
| 18 | The reception was all that we had hoped and planned ; the young best man gave the best best man 's speech I have ever heard ! |
| 19 | Steinmark was still absent and he , Nordern , was doing two men 's work which annoyed him , particularly as he wanted to give the best possible impression of himself during the next few weeks . |