Example sentences of "to [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so there they , they claim that his childhood was relevant , because of this character defect in , in Wilson , his inability to stand up to strong men . |
| 2 | Millmead battled away and did the best they could , but their cause was blighted further during the second half when they were reduced to eight men due to injury . |
| 3 | These games whittled the teams down to eight men 's teams and four from each of the other classes . |
| 4 | Six to eight men hauled the Durham wagon round the streets — they said it was easier to move than it looked , as once it was rolling it was not difficult until it had to be stopped ! |
| 5 | In 1941 membership slumped to 120 men , but rather more ladies ; and despite the War , advertisements for members appeared and the Club still employed a caddie master , Jim Wetton , whose wage was increased from £1 10s. 0d. to £2 0s. 0d . |
| 6 | ‘ Stick close to me , ’ said Robert , ‘ and do not talk to strange men ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But Melanie , sweetums — ’ the little-girl-lost voice again — ‘ you 're always telling us never to talk to strange men . ’ |
| 8 | Telling her not to speak to strange men would be like asking if the Pope was free on Sunday . |
| 9 | If she has to deal with him at all , even quite briefly , people start saying ‘ She 's always talking to that man , — who knows why she has so much to say . ’ |
| 10 | To him he shouted his tidings , to that man 's hot anger . |
| 11 | Deliberately misconstruing the policeman 's words , he shook his head sadly and said , ‘ Mickey 's like a son to that man . |
| 12 | I did not go — I could not give Charlotte away to that man . |
| 13 | If you had not , and the prince had consigned me again to that man 's house , I should hardly have known what to do , or where to turn . |
| 14 | True , Lupus exhorted Charles " not to subject himself so much to the influence of one man so that he did everything according to that man 's will " . |
| 15 | Erm , you could take the as one unit and say , but now a man , wishing to be another , approached that man , and when he found us , for we were not outside the all , he wound himself round us and attached himself to that man who was then each one of us . |
| 16 | ‘ You got through to that man , then ? |
| 17 | My wife and family and I were very shocked by what happened and I would just like to say thank you to that man . ’ |
| 18 | Mention it to that man cos he maybe get it altered , tell her it do n't start , well , how , when does it start ? |
| 19 | Do n't know how many ti times a week , I meant to ask her does she go to that man now . |
| 20 | and she went across the road for something and while she was across the road Mrs came and was talking to that man . |
| 21 | If anything happens to that man they 'll know he 's alright except for tidy . |
| 22 | The family came originally from Northamptonshire , making the transition from small open-field farmers to professional men in the seventeenth century , and its association with the Anglican Church was already three generations old when James was born . |
| 23 | His pace quickened as the accents changed ; City gents in long black coats and bowlers gave way to professional men in dark suits and trilbies , to be taken over by rough lads in ill-fitting clothes and caps , until Charlie finally arrived in the East End , where even the boaters had been abandoned by those under thirty . |
| 24 | Stirling also authorized the issue of fifty cigarettes to each man . |
| 25 | The instructor smiled as he went to each man in turn and pulled out two full arm lengths of cord from their parachutes before attaching it to the static line . |
| 26 | The police at Castlereagh allocated a cell to each man and gave them a good meal . |
| 27 | She had offered her immaculately powdered cheek to each man and had received a kiss from everyone . |
| 28 | The commissioners were given detailed orders on the best way to proceed : they were not to summon more than twelve men at once and were to speak to each man alone , reminding him of the King 's work on his behalf . |
| 29 | This is how he was described by one of his courtiers , Walter Map : " Whatever way he goes out he is seized upon by the crowds and pulled hither and thither , pushed whither he would not and yet , surprising to say , he listens to each man with patience , and though assaulted by all with shouts and pullings and rough pushings , does not threaten anyone because of it , nor show any sign of anger ; only , when he is hustled beyond bearing , he silently retreats to some place of quiet . " |
| 30 | Richard Gould had published a book Yiwara , foragers of the Australian desert which unwisely included a photograph of sacred objects , knowledge of which is restricted to initiated men . |