Example sentences of "men [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But despite their heroic culture , with its dreams , visions and utopian ideals , such men became what they feared the most : the proletariat ; a dissociated aggregate of society ; men and women converted from citizens to mass consumers . |
| 2 | Yet the sensitivities of both for the sufferings of men , women , and children drawn unwillingly into the war reflect something of the way in which thinking men asked themselves whether war was , in fact , not so much a way to peace as the prolongation of bitter conflict . |
| 3 | When my father arrived in Abyssinia in mid-December 1909 to take up his post as British Minister in charge of the Legation , the Emperor Menelik , the greatest ruler the country had known for centuries , was reported to be still alive ; but no one knew for certain , and all men asked what would happen when he died . |
| 4 | The men asked my permission to open a case of tea and a case of tins of sausages from the stores brought by the two planes . |
| 5 | She did set out , only the wickedness of men frustrated her journey . |
| 6 | Clinging to Mayne 's jeep the men made their way safely back to camp . |
| 7 | When the house was ready , the men made their first journey south . |
| 8 | The two men made their way silently along the roof , until they were seated on either side of the skylight looking down into the deserted corridor below . |
| 9 | The day was almost over before the young men made their move . |
| 10 | The men made their escape in Munn 's car , which he had reported stolen earlier that day , but witnesses contacted police with the registration number . |
| 11 | With a considerable effort the men got him on to the stretcher , and Redpath noticed that his trouser pockets seemed to be bulging rather curiously . |
| 12 | Articulate , easy to be with ; filled with ideas and knowledge ; nor could anyone say that they were a bad-looking lot , the young men got their sun-burn , the girls were pretty and well-turned out . |
| 13 | In the Brandeston forge the smith kept a four and a half gallon barrel of beer under the bench , and the men got their allowances of First Nail from this . |
| 14 | Up to 15 per cent of women and 10 per cent of men avoided it altogether . |
| 15 | It would be impossible to live with a woman like Gwen and not know that other men envied you , would like to fish in your pond . |
| 16 | While I thought these and other similar thoughts , two men passed me . |
| 17 | At the end of the day , Tess was waiting for Angel to bring the horse and carriage , when two men passed her in the street . |
| 18 | Men passed us , dark , bearded , stern , armed with sticks , walking swiftly in single file . |
| 19 | A massive collection was made in local towns , and two crosses were erected close to where the men met their tragic ends . |
| 20 | It seemed that the men pooled their money to help survive . |
| 21 | My own port of Felixstowe was an example of this , and several attempts at illegal entry by Asians were intercepted , some by routine searches , others by use of dogs , and in one case by accident when emergency toilet arrangements by the concealed men revealed their presence in no uncertain manner ! |
| 22 | As William slid the bolts the doors suddenly swung violently outwards , throwing him off balance , and before he could recover two heavily built men pinned him against the office wall . |
| 23 | If the President could not afford to defy McCarthy , it was not surprising that Washington career men toed his line . |
| 24 | so loyal was he that he rejected his cousins , the UNICORNS , when Alexander 's men attacked them for their horns . |
| 25 | He said the two men attacked him with a tyre lever , hammer and a craft knife . |
| 26 | A pensioner 's training in the SAS saved him from serious injury when two men attacked him with a knife . |
| 27 | Two men attacked him and forced him from the bike . |
| 28 | Conservatives disliked the Argentine government for being aggressive foreigners ; Labour men attacked it as ‘ a tin-pot fascist junta ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ Maybe you 're pure and white as the driven snow , but you have to face the fact that there must be some reason why those men waylaid you . |
| 30 | Two of the men flung themselves down on a bench , scabbards clattering , while the third strode forward , kicking Isabel 's abandoned bucket out of his path . |