Example sentences of "[adj] man [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An old man came out of the baker 's and his young dog greeted him . |
| 2 | There is , in a sense , an ideology of scepticism within clearly defined boundaries and as old men die out of the system and younger ones join it the tradition becomes cumulative and socially-constructed rather than just an individual matter . |
| 3 | There were mounted men spilling out of the defiles and patches of dead ground on both sides of the plain . |
| 4 | A fair-haired man getting out of the passenger seat , front . |
| 5 | As they watched , a burly man came out of the farm and crossed to one of the three barns . |
| 6 | The small man waddled out of the room muttering under his breath , |
| 7 | Beaming , the love-struck man walked out of the Old Bailey dock into the arms of his fiance . |
| 8 | This walk is along part of the Ridgeway National Trail , its highlight the incredible Cerne Giant — an 180ft outline of a naked man carved out of the hillside . |
| 9 | A tall thin man came out of the shadows at the bottom of the stone steps . |
| 10 | Then the bearded man came out of the Captain 's cabin and hit Harald hard on the head with his gun . |
| 11 | The bearded man came out of the Captain 's cabin and put his hand on the girl 's arm . |
| 12 | A big young man came out of the plane with a short , thin , grey-haired one — Harald and Carl . |
| 13 | He was taken from behind by two men who pinioned his arms and pitched forward into the room , the young man darting out of the way to allow his saviours to smash Huy against the wall in his turn . |
| 14 | He looked at Nigel Steen and saw the glint of tears in his eyes as the young man rushed out of the door . |
| 15 | A young man jumped out of the car , dropped the paintings and ran off but was caught by police . |
| 16 | Culley used his imagination to refine what he saw , and a handsome man stepped out of the half-light . |