Example sentences of "man stand [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A movement caught his eye and he looked back at the man standing on the steps of the rear coach . |
| 2 | A man standing under the trees a little way off had produced an accordion and begun to play . |
| 3 | … the circumstances are such that any reasonable man standing in the shoes of the recipient of the information would have realised that upon reasonable grounds the information was being given to him in confidence , then this should suffice to impose upon him the equitable obligation of confidence . |
| 4 | Perhaps the most elegant formulation of principle was given in Coco v Clark ( AN ) ( Engineers ) Ltd where it was said that if a reasonable man standing in the shoes of the recipient of the information would have realised that upon reasonable grounds the information was being given to him in confidence then this should suffice to impose upon him the equitable obligation of confidence . |
| 5 | There was the man standing near the gates of the school . |
| 6 | After breakfast it is parade and the men stand in the lines while the warders , who are backed by the fire power of the guards , come with their lists to count and recount . |
| 7 | Half-expecting it to be the milkman , she was mildly irritated to see two young men standing on the steps outside . |
| 8 | Fat women and bald-headed men standing in the doorways of tiny shops make jokes to him which he ca n't quite understand , and shout ribaldries to each other about him clapping him on the shoulder to indicate they 're not serious , and cutting slices of cheese and sausage for him to try . |