Example sentences of "[adj] man was [noun prp] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	Top man was Ray Thompson .
2	Later I learned the old man was Gabby Hayes and the film starred Roy Rogers .
3	Clearly Stockport 's loss of this calm , civilised , distinguished man was Pembroke 's gain .
4	Duw , there 's sorry I was to hear of his death , a fine man was Dewi Morgan .
5	The unfortunate man was Mr John Stevenson , a young lawyer from London .
6	Another person we thought of using as a front man was Midge Ure — who I went on to work with straight after The Pistols , in The Rich Kids .
7	The Harlequin man was Obispal 's associate , utterly .
8	He did n't know the thugs ' identities , but he guessed that the tall thin man was Michael Lee .
9	The other man was Silver .
10	The young man was Noah Claypole , who had made Oliver 's life so miserable at Mr Sowerberry 's house .
11	It has been suggested that the young man was Mark himself .
12	The girl was Agatha , the young man was Felix , and the old man was called Father .
13	‘ What kind of a young man was Andrew Livesey ? ’
14	A pleasant enough looking young man was Yuri Rudakov in his slacks and open check shirt and loose grey jacket .
15	The young man was Lajos Kossuth .
16	The army said the dead man was Jawad Jamil Hoshiyeh of Yatta village near Hebron .

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