Example sentences of "have a [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Has a young man asked permission to leave ? , |
| 2 | TATUM O'Neal has a new man in her life following her rift with husband John McEnroe , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 3 | Why then has a divorced man , who cheerfully admits he is the wrong side of 50 and used to a fairly fancy-free existence , decided to play Good Samaritan to Bosnian refugees ? |
| 4 | She has a few men friends at the moment : ‘ They 're all special ’ , she smiles . |
| 5 | Mrs McIntosh , she knew , had had a young man who pulled out at the last minute ; she might take him in . |
| 6 | Andrew Richens was 17 when he stabbed William Choi , who he claimed had boasted of having sex with his girlfriend and had taunted him by saying she had probably never had a real man before . |
| 7 | ‘ We have had a few men demonstrators and we would like to encourage more , ’ says Kath . |
| 8 | I might have had a different man , a bigger apartment , a bigger car , travel that way instead of this . |
| 9 | He says that they 've had a three man gang picking up peoples rubbish for the last seven years . |
| 10 | If there is danger , you could not have a better man by your side . ’ |
| 11 | Cos we did have a young man I say young man , he was in his early twenties , he used to do all that , and he left and they never replaced him ! |
| 12 | ACTRESS Mia Farrow does not have a new man in her life now that she has split up with film director Woody Allen . |
| 13 | My Boss says as far as he 's concerned a crêche is a motor accident in Kelvinside and any self respecting woman should have a good man to take care of her so its only pinmoney anyway and that 's bound to come out in the attitude . |
| 14 | Not strictly speaking , because the wedding was in a register office , and you do n't have a best man . |
| 15 | Home to Norwich is nt the best game either … better to play them away when they do nt have a 5 man defence , and have some pressure on them . |
| 16 | They have n't been fighting all these years to get rid of communism to see it re-emerge again so you , the confusion continues , as it is in Russia , and then you insinuate the idea that , with the breakdown of social order and so on , you must have a strong man , you must have strong arms and that 's where your Hitlers and your Mussolinis and all these people come through in that little vacuum in between of disorder . |
| 17 | Could n't ask to have a better man around . |
| 18 | On the other hand , even those who listened with loathing or contempt found it easier to have a real man with whom the sneering drawl could at last be identified . |
| 19 | Out of the gentlemen who came into farming at that time [ before mechanization ] only about one in twenty could make it go : the others had to have a skilled man to manage the farm for 'em . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | The Shah , according to Afshar , replied that the British and American ambassadors had been against it ; they thought it was better to have a quiet man like Azhari who could discuss problems with mullahs leading the revolutionary ferment . |
| 22 | Erm , had a nine man 's morris pitch |
| 23 | They had a Spanish man there and another teacher , none of them spoke French . |
| 24 | I had a new man to help me now . |
| 25 | He had a young man in his twenties working at the company . |
| 26 | Annie was a cheerful , tireless and obliging young lady who had a young man , a dowry in an old sock , and a helpful welcome for customers who were not only hard-up but a bit embarrassed . |
| 27 | He now had a young man 's moustache and beard . |
| 28 | The king 's son had a young man 's idea of a joke : he thought he 'd test the courage and much-vaunted toughness of Albuin . |
| 29 | From an employer 's point of view , would n't that be er , better if they had a key man insurance under something like erm , well under a Cover Master , for example , because if he was a long term em employer |
| 30 | She went , moving like a sleepwalker past Ned O'Mara , who might even be in love with her , past the ginger-haired barmaid who would have been happy to settle for Ned and therefore hated her , past the mousy-haired barmaid who had a good man of her own and could therefore afford to pity her . |