Example sentences of "[adj] man [coord] [pers pn] [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 He is , by nature , an organised man and it was expected that his teams would be well organised .
2 ‘ I have to be getting along now , Lee , that 's the damp man and I 'm going to leave him here while I go to visit a dear friend round the corner .
3 Bray has always been proud of its association with Dargan and the weekend seminar which has been organised by the Council is an attempt to honour this great man and it is hoped that it will become an annual event .
4 She believes that there is nothing worse than marry without any affection but on the other hand it would be very absurd Lady Bertram points out to Fanny that it is every woman 's duty to marry a rich man but she is blinded to the fact that this is not the only improvement that can take place in a marriage .
5 ‘ Your father is a worried man and he is looking to you to make a good marriage , that way at least your own future will be secure . ’
6 So she had left her native Ireland with a new , gentle man and she was expecting a baby .
7 Police have yet to name the dead man but he is thought to be from the Grangetown area .
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