Example sentences of "they [be] [adj] men " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember , many of them are married men with families and jobs . |
| 2 | And as I say , if they are perfect men , maybe they can take a deep breath and stop just like that . |
| 3 | ‘ I know they are respectable men , and that is why I put them in prison . |
| 4 | After all these statements he announces , ‘ If I were disposed to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage , I should do Brutus and Cassius wrong for they are honourable men . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ They are trustworthy men ? ’ |
| 6 | In America , many of the welders and fitters are women ; in Britain , as in Japan , they are all men . |
| 7 | How can these men ( of course they are all men ) drive their juggernauts at such insane speeds in such dreadful conditions ? |
| 8 | And on the fourth floor the management work , and I have to say they are all men , that 's true . |
| 9 | They are all men . |
| 10 | They are fine men and they play a crucial role in the creative life of this magazine . |
| 11 | Er even e even n now they are marked men yes ? |
| 12 | They are bad men . |
| 13 | " They are bad men . " |
| 14 | Directors have sometimes been called trustees , or commercial trustees , sometimes they have been called managing partners ; it does not matter much what you call them as long as you understand what their true position is , which is really that they are commercial men managing a trading concern for the benefit of themselves and all the other shareholders … they are bound to use fair and reasonable diligence in the management of the company 's affairs and to act honestly . |
| 15 | They are different men here , men I can not properly understand , whom I envy and despise . |
| 16 | ‘ They are funny men these people , listen . |
| 17 | They 're good men — they 're pulling their sledges themselves . |
| 18 | That 's about him and Peter , they 're two men who could do it . |
| 19 | They 're both men of 27 who sustained head injuries some months ago . |
| 20 | And they 're old men like me now . |
| 21 | ‘ They 're bad men in there , ’ Sarah said . |
| 22 | They 're big men , but stupid , covered with clay streaks on their bodies . |
| 23 | They were muscle-bound men covered in scars and tattoos . |
| 24 | Apart from one plump couple , they were all men . |
| 25 | They were all men . |
| 26 | They were all men who became psuedo-wimmin . |
| 27 | They were all men , actually , at the beginning … there was one ( woman ) later on ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ I have always maintained that the priesthood is male , Jesus chose 12 Apostles and they were all men . ’ |
| 29 | Drawing nearer , I realized that warm air had twisted their outline — they were two men using scythes , no , garden rakes . |
| 30 | Thus in SIAT di del Ferro v Tradax Overseas SA [ 1978 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 470 Donaldson J explained that a court should ask the question " Would the parties have agreed that a particular term formed part of the contract if they were reasonable men looking at the matter objectively in the knowledge that no adverse consequences could flow from the answer ? " |