Example sentences of "man [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his celebrated letter to Chesterfield , Samuel Johnson asks : ‘ Is not a Patron , My Lord , one who looks with unconcern on a Man struggling for Life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help . ’ |
| 2 | Forsyth is a top-selling and stylish author — decidedly not a purveyor of great literature , but a man writing for men , with thrills guaranteed . |
| 3 | However , scientific problem-solving and public policy-making are not the same thing , and Carter as a policy-maker was ‘ a scientific man searching for certitude in an area of human experience , that of political conflict , which lacks mathematical or material certitude . ’ |
| 4 | He swung the stick in front of him , like a blind man searching for obstacles . |
| 5 | Father Reynard was a man striving for sanctity , though he sensed the priest was hiding something , as if he wanted him out of the house before Corbett noticed anything amiss . |
| 6 | Faced with the defenceless young man asking for mercy , the blacksmith could not kill him , so he relieved him of his sword and took him prisoner . |
| 7 | He saw a man crying for help with his face burned off , had to crawl over the dead and injured to reach the flames and brought out six bodies , including a child . |
| 8 | Was this man running for president of the top body in world motor sport ? |
| 9 | A woman wanting to work in construction will find it difficult to enter ‘ a man 's world ’ , and most employers will be taken aback to find a man attending for interview as a secretary or child-minder . |
| 10 | Strangely , for a man fighting for sport 's most brutal crown , Bowe finds himself apologising for his obvious lack of aggression in the countdown to his day of destiny . |
| 11 | On our first meeting he thought I was a removal man working for Frank and Salome who had gone on to higher things ( mainly higher rates , mortgage repayments , so fourth , so fifth ) . |