Example sentences of "[adj] man [coord] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | he was a brave man and his swift action prevented further damage . |
| 2 | Obviously a politician able to perform this service conferred a very material favour on the endangered man and his relatives , and such a favour could attach their loyalty to the interest able to save them . |
| 3 | He shared his parents ' bedroom and the old man and his widowed daughter slept in the other room with a blanket on a line dividing them . |
| 4 | Well now , in the forest , besides the old man and his grandsons , there lived a tribe of goblins , hairy little creatures known as vookodlaks , whose greatest wish it was to get rid of the sun and live in darkness . |
| 5 | For ever there , an old man and his wife . |
| 6 | But Tallis had no time for the old man and his sad , bad dreams of lost possessions , lost knowledge . |
| 7 | A ghostly man and his dog were spotted on the station at the turn of the century and many people believe they are still around . |
| 8 | When I explained about the sleeping man and his promise of a visa , Mr Saleb looked at me as if ! was talking gibberish . |
| 9 | Bowie was a cautious man and his two previous reports on leukaemia incidence in the county had not been tinged with any anti-nuclear sentiment . |
| 10 | A dying man and his family to be thrown out by mortgage firm . |
| 11 | A dying man and his family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction . |
| 12 | A dying man and his family are again facing eviction from their home after failing to raise the money to pay off mortgage arrears . |
| 13 | ‘ May interest those who are concerned with the laboring man and his problems ’ was the critic 's judgement but he also added that ‘ the trite story , the indifferent performances of the unknown players and the lack of new and interesting situations are an almost insurmountable handicap ’ . |
| 14 | A 70-YEAR-OLD man and his former comrades will perform a parachute jump to mark the 50th anniversary of their wartime drop into the ‘ killing fields ’ of Arnhem . |
| 15 | She assisted at French cave excavations , including La Quina in Charente , where she was introduced to Neanderthal man and his Mousterian culture , thereafter to be a central interest . |
| 16 | She ousted the large man and his friends , and the evening returned to normal . |
| 17 | To the Doctor 's chagrin , Witcher 's outbursts had attracted the attention of the little man and his two female aides . |
| 18 | There was a little man and his name was Henry Ford , |
| 19 | At great expense to ourselves , Father and I had finally arrived on the very threshold of Bukit Tengah , the Middle Mountain , and this difficult little man and his black kid were refusing to proceed . |
| 20 | She was sorry for this little man and his problem but she was in a tearing hurry . |
| 21 | At 3.40 a.m. on Saturday 9th September , David Park joined the trapped men and his presence did much to restore their morale and give them confidence for what was required of them . |
| 22 | ‘ I know , ’ she replied , ‘ I shall be thinking of that poor man and his little boy all night . ’ |
| 23 | A good man and his good friend was dead . |
| 24 | He would often go down to the Hare and Hounds at the west end of Hury — it 's gone now of course — but he was a grand man and his scarum ways did not alter my affection for him one bit . |
| 25 | Crump was a kindly man and his kindness to his wife had resulted in his being made to appear in thrall to her from time to time . |
| 26 | A married man and his wife who could between them earn 15s ( 75p ) and had one child would , out of work , have received 10s ( 50p ) . |
| 27 | An elderly man and his wife appeared at the other end of the bar . |
| 28 | ‘ He is an incredibly selfish man and his family has suffered because of it . ’ |
| 29 | He was a heavy man and his coat was tight-smooth across the back . |
| 30 | Quickly , I told my mother everything , and we decided to run to the village to hide , before the blind man and his friends returned . |