Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adj] men 's " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They were enemies of the sovereign , public thieves , full of vice , and atheists whose pernicious doctrine could only be met by illuminating men 's minds with geometry , physics , and astronomy . |
| 2 | Simon Watney refers to the effects of videos produced by Gay Men 's Health Crisis in New York , which eroticise the use of condoms as a form of ‘ pornographic healing ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Gerontion ’ presents a little old man , whose speech is riddled with other men 's words , waiting ‘ in a dry season , for rain . |
| 4 | A dress can be worn with clumpy men 's shoes ; tracksuit bottoms and loose tops are comfortable , roomy and worn by either sex ; second-hand clothes can be put together with new ones ; and very few people believe the laws that fashion writers once laid down , such as ‘ no horizontal stripes or light colours for bigger women ’ . |
| 5 | It is based on old men 's ideas , old men 's ideals and frustrations . |
| 6 | ‘ All officials , without exception elected and subject to recall at any time , their salaries reduced to working men 's wages — these simple and self-evident democratic measures , which , completely uniting the interests of the workers and the majority of peasants , at the same time serve as a bridge leading from capitalism to socialism ’ ( pp. 38–9 ) . |
| 7 | We must search even where we least expect to find riches ; just as there are hidden joys in one 's own pain and suffering , there are subtle delights in the compassion and pity aroused by other men 's Gethsemanes — their gardens of sorrows . |