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 .
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