Example sentences of "man who [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Special on the man who told the truth |
| 2 | Call it developing female insight , but SHe somehow knew Malamute was a man with a secret , a man in disguise , and also a man who knew the way SHe could turn this whole mess into an advantage . |
| 3 | ‘ Back in nineteen forty-four when Claudia was working on her thesis , I understood intellectually ’ — he says the word with a certain fastidiousness — ‘ what she was saying about the Masai , but as a man who knew the country and the natives , or thought I did , I could n't really accept it . |
| 4 | As used in the 14th century by the English poet of Sir Gawayn and the Green Knight ( a man who knew the world of courts and chapels well ) , clanness is the quality of something that is pure ( like a pearl ) or of fine and precise workmanship ( like an elaborate goblet ) . |
| 5 | This enables all personnel , from flight crew to the man who sweeps the hangar , to appreciate that they all have their contribution to make to the safety of the company 's aircraft . |
| 6 | A whimsical story is told by Whitby farmers from Yorkshire in northern England of the GHOST of a young man who wanders the town at Christmas time . |
| 7 | ‘ Michael Aspel 's in there — the man who reads the news , he 's smashed his car . ’ |
| 8 | The man who collected the sewer rates in Bishopsgate was quick.to notice a change of ownership at no. 77 ; striking out ‘ Joseph Ready ’ in his book , he substituted ‘ Titford ’ instead — that would cost W. C. T. 6s. 8d. per annum , whether he liked it or not . |
| 9 | The man who collected the cash-card is said to be about 30 years of age of medium build with black curly hair and clean-shaven . |
| 10 | The army was an unsatisfactory occupation for a man who lacked the money to purchase promotion , for he was likely to be in the situation of the Master of Elphinstone , who complained in 1715 that ‘ I have served as Capt[ai-n] this nine years which I have the vanity to believe intitelis me to something better than a company of foot ’ . |
| 11 | His description is similar to man who attacked the student … |
| 12 | ‘ The two of you will have to come to the Major 's tonight , ’ the man who gathered the money said . |
| 13 | It was a gnome-like little man who asked the question after removing his trilby . |
| 14 | No , I do n't mean marathon running , although I am certain that the spectators of the original run from the Battle of Marathon to Athens would be astonished to learn that we regard such things as sports , since the man who ran the original dropped dead on arrival . |
| 15 | The man who ran the world 's first sub-four minute mile has been back to the track where he made history nearly thirty five years ago . |
| 16 | The man who ran the office was Michael Colborne , a chief petty officer whom Charles had become friendly with aboard HMS Norfolk , during his early days at sea . |
| 17 | ‘ You set yourself up as judge and jury , and yet who are you to decide matters — a man who spent the evening philandering with his secretary ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ … and three of our aircraft have failed to return , ’ the man who read the news would intone on the midday bulletin . |
| 19 | The war turned an immature , irresponsible aristocrat into a man who combined the frivolity of his youthful lifestyle with the dedicated , passionate , highly articu-late and rational exponential qualities of the reforming politician . |
| 20 | If you follow football you will already know that a substitute is a man who takes the place of another player . |
| 21 | The man who produced The Wedding Present . |
| 22 | The man who produced the record ’ Telstar ’ by the Tornadoes in the sixties , has been honoured by his home town . |
| 23 | At the same time he knows a lot of this is going to get known by the people who matter and he does n't want to be the man who hindered the investigation . |
| 24 | Any man who hindered the Admiralty work would have it hot and heavy " . |
| 25 | This is the same young man who bit the ear of the governor — and we can only meet and get to know him in the novel itself . |
| 26 | Still , Mr Carnogursky said he would feel little bitterness when he shook hands with the man who symbolised the state apparatus . |
| 27 | Low churchman versus high churchman ; philosopher of religion and science versus close student of the Bible ; radical divine versus enquiring conservative ; suspecter of orthodoxy versus a young man who saw the stature of the Catholic tradition . |
| 28 | The wife of the man who owns the bar is Monique . |
| 29 | In the meantime , can I buy you all a drink if the man who owns the ale-cart does n't mind serving Romanies ? ’ |
| 30 | Student I know the man who owns the garage . |