Example sentences of "man who [vb past] [been] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … his wretched father , who had each year sunk lower and lower in the underworld , had been a gentleman once , a man who had been familiar with good manners and had been educated in the customs of good breeding . |
| 2 | Together they started to laugh , the deep chuckle and the dry whispery cackle rolling past the monks , who returned with a start to their praying ; past Bridhe , Elizabeth , Marion , Hector and his young attendants , the women , clan officers , nephews , cousins , clansmen great and common , clustered weeping at the death-bed of the man who had been chief for the whole life-time of most of them . |
| 3 | This was a middle-aged man who had been involved in a road accident after which he suffered from headaches , difficulty in walking , and a total lack of sleep . |
| 4 | She stood back , still holding his hands and saw tears appear in the eyes of the old man who had been more of a Father to her than her own Father . |
| 5 | Men who had been unsuccessful in the search for a day 's work drifted into the dining rooms to pass the time away and many sat there on the bench seats , grateful for the warmth and a friendly chat . |