Example sentences of "[adj] man be [be] " in BNC.

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1 Tonight an 18 year old man is being questioned at Gloucester police station .
2 A 36 year old man is being questioned by police .
3 Two British men were being questioned after being arrested when the tablets were found on Saturday concealed in holdalls in a Peugeot estate that had arrived in Dover by ferry from Calais .
4 Two British men were being questioned after being arrested when the tablets were found on Saturday concealed in holdalls in a Peugeot estate that had arrived in Dover by ferry from Calais .
5 Last night , as Lesley fought for her life in the intensive care unit at the Royal Liverpool hospital , a 28-year-old man was being questioned by police .
6 West Yorkshire Police said yesterday : ‘ A 48-year-old man is being questioned by West Yorkshire Police , in connection with the death of Lesley Molseed , whose body was found on October 8 , 1975 . ’
7 West Yorkshire Police said yesterday : ‘ A 48-year-old man is being questioned by West Yorkshire Police today , in connection with the death of Lesley Molseed , whose body was found on October 8 , 1975 . ’
8 A 48-YEAR-OLD man was being questioned by West Yorkshire detectives yesterday in connection with the death of schoolgirl Lesley Molseed in 1975 .
9 A 48-YEAR-OLD man was being questioned by West Yorkshire detectives yesterday in connection with the death of schoolgirl Lesley Molseed in 1975 .
10 We were the ones who exported the slaves in the first place , and now the white man is being asked back to restore the castles . ’
11 Before his defence in 1980 , against Carlos Herrera , he announced : ‘ This is a white man 's country and the black man is being held back . ’
12 A 31-year-old man was being questioned in Bristol yesterday .
13 Steel-Maitland explained that a working man was being selected at Bolton as the choice of the local party , on that very evening , but he did not approve of such specific commitment as the resolution suggested .
14 But as he grew older , and felt the signs of decay in his mortal body , he rejoiced to think that his inner man was being renewed every day , until he should attain that ‘ being at home with the Lord ’ to which his whole Christian life was directed and of which he had been given the Holy Spirit as a guarantee ( 2 Cor. 4 : 16f , 5:1ff , 5,8 ) .
15 A 23-year-old man was being questioned at Brixton police station .
16 Last night , three young men were being hailed as heroes after a dramatic rescue of a newsagent from a flooded shop .
17 As the disembarked men were being lined up to march , a detail of mercenaries went from heap to heap , spiking those who still lived and removing what valuables they could discover .
18 Western men are being forced to stay in Iraq and are being sent to strategically important targets to deter any attack from the multi-national force in the Gulf .
19 The name of the dead man is being withheld by police until relatives have been informed .
20 The name of the dead man is being withheld until relatives have been informed .
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