Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | The burly bruiser got up , carried his toddy over and sat down opposite the bearded man , who listened to him muttering , then gave him a silver coin . |
| 2 | ‘ Do you still keep in with the great man Dander ? ’ |
| 3 | The odd , lugubrious figure sitting on a stool at the bar was now completely hidden from view along with the half-caste man yanking the arm of the one-armed bandit a few yards away . |
| 4 | Evans 's heavy hand smacked down on the small man 's shoulder . |
| 5 | Leeds are OK at the back , it 's all down to the front man not earning his transfer fee basically . |
| 6 | I could hear their feet on the stairs , then a voice shouting down to the blind man in the road outside : ‘ Pew ! |
| 7 | And when , after lunch , she came downstairs in her new outfit , bought from Selfridge 's last week with the money which J. D. O'Connor had paid her for her articles , and with her next two articles in her bag , ready to be handed in to the great man himself before she returned to the rectory to pick up Rose Bailey , whose time off did not begin until four-thirty , both Dr Neil and Matey thought that she looked enchanting . |
| 8 | Connon stared down at the young man in the picture as if he was looking at a stranger and trying to analyse what made him seem vaguely familiar . |
| 9 | The others , grouped around him , stood in silence looking down at the stricken man . |
| 10 | Down at the Green Man in Fownhope , most locals welcome the arrival of the oilmen |
| 11 | Behind the screen Wycliffe looked down at the dead man : middle or late forties , probably above average height , bony , but with a tendency to corpulence sedentary : the disease of modern man . |
| 12 | Looking down at the dead man Wycliffe felt guilty because he was experiencing a sense of mild elation . |
| 13 | First the social worker went in at the old man 's request , and tried to persuade the daughter and son-in-law to leave . |
| 14 | Richmann strode over to the injured man , and glared down furiously . |
| 15 | He then slowly pulled out some bank notes and furtively handed them over to the large man , who patted him on the back and quickly got off at the next station . |
| 16 | In my new mood , I went over to the solitary man and said easily , pulling out a chair , ‘ May I sit at your table ? ’ |
| 17 | True , the crab-men had begun to take an unhealthy interest in him once his companions had rushed off after the Harlequin man . |
| 18 | Maginnis , and by implication the Official Unionists , were weak and failed to stand up for the common man . |
| 19 | Though not normally noted for their philanthropy , lawyers say they are standing up for the common man and woman by condemning the Scottish Office plans to change civil legal aid and to a lesser extent legal advice and assistance . |
| 20 | He hid his distaste as he pressed his ear up against the dying man 's lips . |
| 21 | Well you can see for yourself on Friday , when we meet up with the main man on the golf course ; he 's full of fun and full of hope . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a damn good job you do n't , laddie , or I could see you being hauled up before the old man . ’ |
| 23 | While I examined my sleeve , which had only a slight tear , the dog leapt up on the young man and the child , his open mouth only inches from the little boy 's legs . |
| 24 | He picked up on the young man 's unease , he recalled his own unlicensed ranting , he sensed the quarryman 's fear of him . |
| 25 | I am sure she went up to the poor man 's room , picked up the thread lying there , pulled out the slow fuse , lit it with a tinder and then came back down here . ’ |
| 26 | He wrinkled his nose as he came up to the other man . |
| 27 | She went to the French General 's stirrup and held the pathetic bouquet up to the grim-faced man . |
| 28 | The plain-clothed cockney sidles up to the moustached man , grinning . |
| 29 | A civilian came up to the mousy man and asked him a question . |
| 30 | Agnes looked up at the young man and simpered . |