Example sentences of "man [Wh pn] [vb past] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | With their bare hands , they fought to save the man who had an ear ripped off in the attack . |
| 2 | He was a tall , handsome man who had an air of confidence about him . |
| 3 | Among Chrétien 's works was a romance , Lancelot , written at Marie 's request , which took as its hero a man who had an illicit affair with the wife of his lord , King Arthur . |
| 4 | His cousin , she was quickly realising , though , was a man who had an aversion to answering any but selected questions . |
| 5 | Healey is , of course , the man who likened an attack by Sir Geoffrey Howe to being savaged by a dead sheep , and his one-liners are terrific . |
| 6 | Seven years ago her sister Susie , was abducxted by a man who made an appoitnemnt with her London estate agency . |
| 7 | Six yearfs ago Mis Lamplugh 's sister was abducted by a man who made an appointment with her London estate agency . |
| 8 | POLICE are seeking a man who committed an armed robbery in Bollington , Cheshire , yesterday . |
| 9 | One of the merits of Father Cheetham as Vicar — a man who played an important role in Eliot 's life — was that he was , if the expression is not irreverent , a fine ecclesiastical showman . |
| 10 | Added to that , the policeman gave evidence , mentioning my concern , and also adding that ‘ It was a clean-cut blow to the jaw , sir , as you would expect from a man who got an Oxford Blue for boxing . ’ |
| 11 | He was a clever man who brought an uneasy peace and stability to Palestine . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , I used to tread the boards , I am an actor all right but there are n't many roles for a man who sustained an injury that left one leg shorter than the other . |
| 13 | ‘ She learnt it all — the Marchese himself tied by his own attachment to a married woman married to a man who loved an opera singer : perspectives of liaisons , sensualities , combinazioni , everybody having their place in the chain . |
| 14 | Police have issued an artist 's impression of a man who raped an eighteen-year-old woman in Milton Keynes . |
| 15 | A man who raped an antiques shop assistant seven days after his release from prison has been sent back to jail . |
| 16 | A MAN who hurled an ashtray at a barmaid was yesterday barred from the pub for a year by magistrates . |
| 17 | I knew of a man who needed an assassin . |