Example sentences of "had a [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had a Spanish man there and another teacher , none of them spoke French . |
| 2 | I had a new man to help me now . |
| 3 | He had a young man in his twenties working at the company . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He now had a young man 's moustache and beard . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She probably never had a real man before . ’ |
| 10 | They bought a tumbledown Victorian terraced house near the Elephant and Castle , cheap because it had an old man as a sitting tenant on the top floor . |