Example sentences of "they be [adj] man " in BNC.

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1 Remember , many of them are married men with families and jobs .
2 Most of them are hard man .
3 And as I say , if they are perfect men , maybe they can take a deep breath and stop just like that .
4 ‘ I know they are respectable men , and that is why I put them in prison .
5 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 . ’
6 They are trustworthy men ? ’
7 In America , many of the welders and fitters are women ; in Britain , as in Japan , they are all men .
8 How can these men ( of course they are all men ) drive their juggernauts at such insane speeds in such dreadful conditions ?
9 And on the fourth floor the management work , and I have to say they are all men , that 's true .
10 They are all men .
11 They are fine men and they play a crucial role in the creative life of this magazine .
12 Er even e even n now they are marked men yes ?
13 They are bad men .
14 " They are bad men . "
15 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 .
16 They are different men here , men I can not properly understand , whom I envy and despise .
17 They are funny men these people , listen .
18 They 're good men — they 're pulling their sledges themselves .
19 so it was down to 10 men but why do teams always fight harder and play better when they 're one man short …
20 so it was down to 10 men but why do teams always fight harder and play better when they 're one man short …
21 That 's about him and Peter , they 're two men who could do it .
22 They 're both men of 27 who sustained head injuries some months ago .
23 And they 're old men like me now .
24 They 're bad men in there , ’ Sarah said .
25 They 're big men , but stupid , covered with clay streaks on their bodies .
26 They were muscle-bound men covered in scars and tattoos .
27 Apart from one plump couple , they were all men .
28 They were all men .
29 They were all men who became psuedo-wimmin .
30 They were all men , actually , at the beginning … there was one ( woman ) later on ’ .
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