Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holmes stopped the young man for a minute . |
| 2 | Holland 's Richard Krajicek became the fourth man through to the big money stage when he beat Spain 's Emilio Sanchez 6-3 , 6-2 . |
| 3 | JAMES Courtney became the first man to win the Manx Grand Prix Lightweight , Junior and Newcomers Lightweight races when he completed a double in the Isle of Man yesterday . |
| 4 | Donna found the big man pressed close to her . |
| 5 | Donna regarded the two men warily , her gaze flicking from one to the other in quick succession . |
| 6 | Freud told the old Man that had he not become an analyst , he would have been an economist , which conjures up all sorts of hilarious possibilities . |
| 7 | Sylvie followed the dark-suited man who had opened the vast polished door to her , trailed past antique busts of senatorial gaze . |
| 8 | Vashinov sensed the old man 's fury . |
| 9 | The two men shook hands and Scott offered the other man a seat which he accepted and a drink which he declined . |
| 10 | ‘ Keep still , do n't panic , and you 'll be all right , ’ Trent told the three men as he handed them into the boat . |
| 11 | Curtis met the younger man 's eye and held it . |
| 12 | Ruth found the two men in the yard , facing one another in the sunlight ; Connor in vest and trousers — Huw Pritchard stripped to the waist , wearing boxing-gloves , shorts and plimsolls . |
| 13 | Jane stopped the chainsaw-happy men from cutting down the trees . |
| 14 | Maggie noticed the young man she 'd been thrown against had a watch . |
| 15 | ‘ You look worse than I feel , ’ Riven told the dark man . |
| 16 | Pete fulfilled the best man role and , during the wedding ( in July , 1987 ) , Pete wore all the gear and carried the rings in a little pouch on his harness . |
| 17 | ‘ These are the visitors you were told about yesterday , ’ Nicholson informed the two men . |
| 18 | ‘ Mr Hyde hit the old man violently with the stick and knocked him to the ground . ’ |
| 19 | Zen watched the younger man circling the office , inspecting the fixtures and fittings as though they were evidence at the scene of a crime . |
| 20 | Hurrying to catch up with his London colleague , Giles Aplin thought the surprised man was about to slip free of the garment and make a run for it . |
| 21 | Intrigued , Tallis left the old man for a while and ventured through the intervening wood . |
| 22 | Scathach hushed the old man , who was struggling to keep the flow of his words . |
| 23 | On January 20th Harry Moniba became the third man to lay claim to the presidency . |
| 24 | In 1911 , Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole . |
| 25 | Doctor Teesdale visited the condemned man in prison once or twice during the week before he was put to death . |
| 26 | Killion saw the three men come in , and turned his back on them . |
| 27 | In the house , Ellwood took the old man by the shirtfront and pulled him round in a circle , then round again , as if they were playing a manic version of Ring o' Roses . |
| 28 | Gregson met the other man 's gaze and pulled a small photograph from the inside pocket of his jacket . |
| 29 | Seb assured the older man there had been no problems during the night , but added , ‘ I am worried about the stock , especially the sheep in the pen behind the barn . ’ |
| 30 | Janice took their orders while Gillian studied the two men . |