Example sentences of "[adj] as [art] next man " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Chapman was by now a famous man , and his name was familiar to thousands who had never attended a football match , on a social level he remained as affable and unassuming as the next man . |
| 2 | Now he wants to test himself at the top : ‘ I 'm as ambitious as the next man . |
| 3 | And so Caspar , who though the could be as reserved as the next man , merely said , ‘ Oh , he 's a strange one , Fael-Inis . |
| 4 | I know as good as the next man what is hip but we decided to forget all that and just concentrate on good songs . |
| 5 | I 'm as fallible as the next man . |
| 6 | No doubt Bonard was as hard-headed as the next man in matters of business , but to tackle anyone so obviously grief-stricken on such a comparatively trivial point seemed to her nothing short of callous . |