Example sentences of "[art] [adj] man [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tattooed man sat up in the middle of the lesson , his blankets draped like a toga and barely concealing ‘ Jane ’ and ‘ King Kong ’ on his chest . |
| 2 | Along the valley , the old man wanders off from his allotment into a small rickety shed . |
| 3 | Alexander assumed the throne of Montenegro in 1918 when the French government , in league with the Serbian , refused to allow the old man to go back to Montenegro after his wartime exile in France . |
| 4 | Craning his neck , the old man looked up at his stepson . |
| 5 | Only the old man got through to Matthew , and even though David argued his stepfather was showing only kindness , and ‘ had the boy 's interests at heart ’ , Beth was not convinced . |
| 6 | In the Forest of Fangorn Gimli the dwarf wants Legolas the elf ( both companions of Frodo ) to kill an old wandering man but Legolas takes pity on him and again the right decision is made , the old man turns out to be Gandalf whom they thought was dead . |
| 7 | The old man blinks up through milky , uncomprehending eyes as the father , leaning over the table on knuckled hands , spits out his loathing in a voice too low to be overheard . |
| 8 | The old man sat up with a jerk , slopping scotch over his hands which I noticed were shaking . |
| 9 | The old man sank back into the chair , a look of satisfaction on his face . |
| 10 | The old man peered down at him . |
| 11 | She can stick to aggression and abuse — tell the offending man to back off from teaching his granny to suck eggs . |
| 12 | As Dr Warton entered the bedroom , he heard the dying man cry out to his medical attendant : |
| 13 | The second man ducked back around the corner and Maxim backed off crouching and aiming until he was within a few metres of the cross-street . |
| 14 | But as my mouth framed the words the little man looked down at me appealingly as though he knew what I was going to say . |
| 15 | The little man stood up on the foot rests , throttling back . |
| 16 | She smiled as the stocky man ambled up to them . |
| 17 | The blond man looked up at last — and his eyes latched on to Cardiff . |
| 18 | The skinny man walked over to me and stuck out his hand . |
| 19 | And as the ship freed herself from the mule-lines and her screw began to chum up a wake of umber , sludgy water , and she picked up speed towards the marker buoys and the farewell beacon on Flamenco Island , I was sure I could see the seamen still , pointing their cameras back — now with long lenses all — towards the statue of Balboa which stands on the Panama City seafront , with the great man gazing out at the Ocean into which the Poles were now , at long last , sailing . |
| 20 | When the heavily-treading man slowed down at number 42 , she could n't believe her luck . |
| 21 | ‘ Mother , ’ I said , ‘ take it all , and let's go before the blind man comes back with his friends . ’ |
| 22 | The beefy man looked up at the sound . |
| 23 | The beefy man climbed down from behind his counter and led Joe to the back of the shop , where he unlocked a door . |
| 24 | Then the older man lay back in his chair and looked at Dorian with half-closed eyes . |
| 25 | Maisie pushed past him , and , with a little sigh , the older man moved back against the wall . |
| 26 | Waving his hand away , the older man slumped down on the chair opposite Michael . |
| 27 | The fat man drifts down through the ceiling , while the Skeletons strain at their chains , trying to reach the meat he offers them . |
| 28 | The dropping man came up against the wrought iron , and glass powder sifted like fairy dust down into the courtyard . |
| 29 | Of a sudden , the Harlequin man sprang up from behind the dune beyond . |
| 30 | The small man waddled out of the room muttering under his breath , |