Example sentences of "man 's [noun] [was/were] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The character of the field man 's work was fundamentally altered in ways unknown to younger staff . |
| 2 | It lay at the point where the fertile coastal plain to which Shurton belonged gave way to the austerely beautiful Quantock Hills , and in the meeting of those two quite different landscapes the village acquired something of its distinctive character : Stowey was a place always busy with the concerns of a lowland domestic world , but the gateway as well to a solitary hill country where man 's dominance was suddenly challenged and nature prevailed . |
| 3 | Her eyes ran down the black jacket to where the man 's watch was half hidden by a white cuff . |
| 4 | The man 's words were somehow given greater importance by his unexpected death , and suddenly Clare felt ashamed . |
| 5 | Moments later Rachel saw for herself that the man 's hands were indeed covered in tiny red blisters . |
| 6 | The CADS men 's epeeists were best placed team of the competition . |
| 7 | The departments which employed men were paid above the minimum wage and men 's jobs were invariably classified as more skilled activities . |