Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [prep] a man " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diana was flattered , flustered and bewildered by the passion she had aroused in a man twelve years her senior . |
| 2 | Now , holding his blood-soaked right hand to the evening light , he found his answer.The hand was motionless , yet at Toulouse that hand had shaken like a man afflicted with the palsy of St Vitus 's dance . |
| 3 | ‘ I told the doctor I had sat opposite a man the night before and had to mentally flick through every male name I knew in order to locate his . |
| 4 | I told him I had sat opposite a man the night before and had to mentally flick through every male name I knew in order to locate his ; ‘ George , Andrew , Jack … |
| 5 | A few years later , a homosexual friend of Anne 's said that he had come across a man who looked like Dustin , who hung out in gay bars , telling everyone he was Dustin Hoffman . |
| 6 | Hayling had come across a man called Chris Walsh who was already getting funds from the GLC for his latest , faltering , business enterprise , a Third World Development unit based in Highbury , North London . |
| 7 | And she also reminded herself that even if it had included a kiss it did n't mean a thing — especially as it had come from a man who was living in the outback to get away from women . |
| 8 | The gutter press particularly enjoyed the story , especially as the artifacts had belonged to a man now thought to have been murdered . |
| 9 | It had belonged to a man called Flowers , and they had gone to Manchester just because he had offered them the flat . |
| 10 | Mr Templeton said that when he arrived at the fire after 10pm , he had spoken to a man who was being treated for injuries in an ambulance . |
| 11 | She struggled with the cold fear that had laid its hand on her : she had gone with a man , without protesting , without a single pledge from him , and not a word of kindness , not a promise for tomorrow ; she looked at Sabina 's back in front of her , the pinafore tied behind over her gathered skirt , and imagined her husband 's hands around that still sturdy small of her back , and wondered had she let him do that , do what Tommaso had done , before they were married ? |
| 12 | She had danced with a man who had danced with a girl , who had danced with the Prince of Wales . |
| 13 | One felt sorry , for him ; he had fought like a man , leading the charge of his troops , for a worthless son who had not even the courage to risk death in supporting the father who had thrown away everything for his sake . |
| 14 | She looked exactly how she had wanted to look , like a woman who had dressed for a man , so why did she feel so unsure of herself now ? |
| 15 | There was one witness , a Mrs Jackson , who had bumped into a man at the appropriate time , near Oliver 's premises in Cross Street , but the good lady was refusing to make a statement without the consent of her husband . |