Example sentences of "man [vb -s] on the " in BNC.

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1 A man lies on the sidewalk outside Tiffany 's , passers-by just stepping over him .
2 If a man lies on the ball and is given a good rucking he will think twice about doing it next time .
3 To demonstrate the power of the animals , a fully grown man stands on the back of the 6-inch-long shrew , balancing himself on one leg .
4 Here Marx and Engels decided that the understanding of man depends on the understanding of men in society and history , not on understanding philosophical controversy Pre-Capitalist Economic Formations , 1857–8 The next work of Marx and Engels , after The German Ideology , to discuss the history of human society was The Communist Manifesto of 1848 .
5 Culture in man depends on the development of psychological traits not found in other primates .
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