Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] be [art] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following two snippets I shall pass on , with the caution that the bloke who told me is a Man U supporter . |
| 2 | His about-face once in office pleased economists , but robbed him of his mandate : the voters no longer believed he was the man they had elected . |
| 3 | Not that there is anything to lose by keeping the door open , but really I believed it is every man for himself . |
| 4 | Detective Eddy showed he was a man who appreciated horses as he ran his hands over Vulcan 's body . |
| 5 | In the crowd that surrounded him was a man called Jairus , who was the president of one of the local synagogues . |
| 6 | He did so well he has since won three England caps as a midfielder and Liverpool decided he was the man they wanted , although they have tried him back in his striking role in recent games . |
| 7 | No being what I thought I was a man in those days I was n't really interested in them , but I know there was competitions and er I believe there was different numbers posted on windows and if you got the right number you got a prize but I remember Palfry Park I 'm having trouble with my eyes I 've got over-active tear ducts and |
| 8 | She thought I was the man . |
| 9 | ‘ But I thought you were a man . ’ |
| 10 | That had been a great and memorable moment ; that was when they knew he was a man of substance . |
| 11 | Goodman incorrectly thought he was the man to go off but Sunderland fans were soon relieved when he stayed on the pitch . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought he was the man behind the organization on the Coptic side . ’ |
| 13 | He hoped so ; it proved he was a man after all , a man of passion and breeding , with strong heart and blood from his fathers . |
| 14 | He said you were a man who was good at his work . |
| 15 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley , the new Health Secretary , is warmly liked and admired , but will need to overcome some reservations about whether , had she been a man , she would have won the Cabinet place on intellect alone . |
| 16 | A female employee was offensively treated by two male colleagues , but at first her claim was rejected because the industrial tribunal felt that , had she been a man , she would still have been harassed , although the specific nature of the unpleasantness might have been different . |
| 17 | What made me finally decide to insist on this was when I realized that had you been a man , Miranda , or had I not been personally involved with you , I would n't have hesitated to ask for these shares . ’ |
| 18 | Had he been a man of no imagination and of totally strict principles , Joe would never have considered steaming the letter open . |
| 19 | Karen said it 's a man in Always . |
| 20 | There were some who said he was a man whose children had been savaged by a local hound . |
| 21 | The Prosecution said he was a man with a fox like cunning and a devious mind who was ready to deceive and lie as and when it suited him . |
| 22 | ‘ You said he was a man of his word . |
| 23 | ‘ Nicola said he was the man sent over to organise things for the Mafia . |
| 24 | ‘ Nothing in my letter suggested I was a man . |