Example sentences of "and [vb past] the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he climbed on to the winner 's rostrum and became the proudest man in the world as the British National Anthem echoed around the massive Montjuic Stadium . |
| 2 | Some people were outstanding and became the deified men and women of the great religions , and their lives can be shown to be relevant to the conception of the Created God . |
| 3 | He had received a special trading privilege from Rudolf in 1592 and became the richest man in Prague . |
| 4 | River police and firemen were called to the scene after being alerted by a passing cyclist and found the unnamed man on the rocks . |
| 5 | Joe had employed Benny when he was buying and selling in the East End of London and found the elderly man to be a conscientious worker who could be relied on to keep his mouth shut . |
| 6 | Tutilo came down that same path and found the dead man . |
| 7 | Partridge had got all angry and upset soon too because as he was struggling with Steven a magazine fell out of his trousers on to the towpath of the canal and the other men had picked it up and it had been a spanking magazine so all the other men who were n't laughing and shouting already started teasing partridge ; Partridge started trying to wrestle Steven to the ground but Steven had got free and clouted the other man with the shovel , which was still bloody from hacking the cat to bits , and after that , with the magazine coming apart as the other men grabbed at it and Partridge rolling about dazed on the towpath in the cat 's blood and almost falling into the canal , Dan Ashton had said soberly that enough was enough and they 'd better go and see Mr Smith the supervisor because they just could n't go on like this . |
| 8 | Two of them burst into the Pathfinder and bundled the three men and a women into the back . |
| 9 | The Feldwebel drank his soup straight out of the bowl and baited the mousy man because he would n't do the same . |
| 10 | He had seen Tommy Allen sitting in the dining rooms that morning and noticed the young man exchange a few words with her before he left . |
| 11 | She swung round rather abruptly , and recognised the young man as one of the detective constables who had been haunting the Lodge all day . |
| 12 | He stood in the darkness and heard the other man move to the left and a door open and saw the rectangle of lighter grey . |
| 13 | As I tottered away I paused and addressed the big man 's back as he prepared for his next victim . |
| 14 | As it seemed to be fairly certain that the children would now not come that way and the main rides need be watched no longer , the Leader went back and called the thin man in . |
| 15 | From above Burtness Wood she looked down on the lake and watched the two men fishing throughout most of the morning … |
| 16 | He had covered his face from flying glass and watched the two men and the Returner escape through the office doors . |
| 17 | Behind him , two men in long overcoats stepped out from the shadow of a doorway and watched the young man turn to the left again , heading up the main backstreet that led to Joseph Hyde 's flat . |
| 18 | Trent found them on the floor and watched the old man thread the sprung arms over his ears . |
| 19 | When Broadman got up and waddled past Ymor 's chair the thiefmaster 's arm shot out like a steel spring and grabbed the fat man by his apron . |
| 20 | In her great excitement she thrust herself forward and grabbed the older man by the hand , which she shook up and down , crying , ‘ God bless you , sir . |
| 21 | She looked at Martin , who winked and reassured the old man . |
| 22 | He pronounced took like a curse , and mimed the bad men looking by jutting his head forward and glaring at her like a demented goldfish . |
| 23 | The Scottish women 's teams have been held annually on the last weekend in February since before the war , but some five years ago the male members of the SBU council decided this was unfair and established the national men 's teams held in Perth on Sunday . |
| 24 | It was this reputation that attracted Stanley Pons to Southampton in 1975 , and it was Pons ' passion for skiing and his interest in cooking which overlapped so well with Fleischmann 's and brought the two men close . |
| 25 | PC Aspinall arrived on the scene and saw the two men pushing a car . |
| 26 | But when Siegfried drove away , the activity stopped abruptly and as I was leaving with my pockets stuffed with the equipment for my round I glanced into the sitting room and saw the young man stretched in his favourite chair . |
| 27 | Clare looked up and saw the tallest man she had ever seen ; he had curly black hair and black-lashed , dark brown eyes , now filled with worry . |
| 28 | Joan drew near and took the dead man 's child by the hands , and kissed her . |
| 29 | He sat behind the desk and offered the older man a plush leather seat . |
| 30 | Leif Haraldsen , ’ she explained , and introduced the two men . |