Example sentences of "be a [adj] man " in BNC.
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1 | The cries of gratitude sounded from the car and heartfelt from Haverford , ‘ You 're a better man than I am , Gunga Din . ’ |
2 | And he said you 're a better man than I am ! |
3 | ‘ You 're a cruel man , ’ she told him later , putting on a mournful face . |
4 | She straightened up now and bawled across at him , ‘ You were a lad ; now you 're a young man . |
5 | ‘ You 're a young man , my love . |
6 | Because what happens you see in these societies and Australian Aborigines are with no exceptions is that if you want a wife if you 're a young man and you want a wife you first of all got ta get initiated . |
7 | ‘ Because you 're a nice man . |
8 | ‘ You 're a nice man , Jack , but this is n't a nice war . |
9 | You think you 're a rich man , giving a holiday to a lazy man like that Orlick ! |
10 | You 're a famous man , Harald ! ’ |
11 | But your children think that you 're a famous man , I 'm sure . |
12 | You 're a solid man , here . |
13 | ‘ You 're a dangerous man , Matthew . ’ |
14 | more than four a day if you 're a working man . |
15 | ‘ You 're a strange man , ’ she said . |
16 | They make rotten toilet paper , and I do n't know what else to do with them , and , oh Nick ’ — she suddenly sat heavily beside me on the bed — ‘ you 're a good man and sometimes I think how nice it would be to have a good man in my life again . ’ |
17 | ‘ You 're a good man , Jinkwa , ’ said Fakrid . |
18 | You 're a good man of science . |
19 | You 're a good man , Joel Hammond . |
20 | ‘ You 're a good man , Seb . |
21 | ‘ You 're a terrible man altogether ! ’ |
22 | ‘ You 're a terrible man — ’ she managed to croak as he touched her in a way that transported her back at once to the heaven of the previous night . |
23 | ‘ So you 're a self-made man ? ’ she said abruptly , suddenly realising just how little she knew about him . |
24 | ‘ You 're a smart man . |
25 | ‘ You 're a determined man to stay here , are n't you ? ’ |
26 | So if you 're a third man , or a third woman for that matter , look out for the specially selected hotels at which you can make some fantastic savings when a third person shares a room . |
27 | You 're a marked man , Gazza |
28 | ‘ Ye think ye 're a big man , ’ Phillis said , with a rare spite , ‘ but I saw ye greeting . |
29 | ‘ Father and Ellen both say you 're a wicked man . ’ |
30 | ‘ You 're a wicked man , ’ she said fondly . |