Example sentences of "[num] man 's [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | what they were doing was taking turns , one bloke was doing three man 's jobs while the other two was a kip |
| 2 | A personalised nine man 's morris board or an original game might be produced by individuals or groups of peoples or a description with illustrations of popular tattoo motifs , like . |
| 3 | Nine man 's morris is just erm one of the games that is easy for them to devise if yo , if you want me to teach you how to play it , if you do n't know already I will . |
| 4 | No , I I thought Nine man 's morris , I thought it was a ga er , a dance . |
| 5 | Erm , had a nine man 's morris pitch |
| 6 | They can create nine man 's morris board on anything and use |
| 7 | And they both have the one man 's name I really ca n't stand . |
| 8 | The luck of Lyle 's caddie in picking the right year David Davies does a round of golf 's library and rejoices in one man 's rub of the green . |
| 9 | But for non-intentional but dangerous acts , refs are reluctant to punish a whole team for one man 's folly . |
| 10 | I am one man 's meat I am nobody 's fool I refuse to make fish of the |
| 11 | To be sure , one man 's meat is another 's nightmare . |
| 12 | One man 's mission to find out |
| 13 | Will he therefore assure the House that that proposal , which is supported by the Labour party , will be resisted most strenuously at Maastricht on the basis that one man 's subsidy is another man 's tax bill ? |
| 14 | That was one man 's choice . |
| 15 | But one man 's nightmare is another 's dream . |
| 16 | Just in time to celebrate the onrush of spring , the Vanderwoude-Tannenbaum gallery has mounted ‘ A Bird 's Eye View : One Man 's Vision ’ a tribute to Mr James in the form of a tree full of birdhouses he made ( until 6 June ) . |
| 17 | Schofield pointed out that failures to find are naturally in proportion to the number of successes — one man 's success being another 's failure . |
| 18 | Airmen Anonymous ( Merlin Books , 45pp , sbk , £3.95 ) by Trevor Holman is one man 's story of life in the RAF as a member of the groundcrew . |
| 19 | But one man 's story stood out . |
| 20 | Press on Regardless by Stanley Humphrey , is one man 's story of life in the RAF from 1934 to 1946 . |
| 21 | Mister ( University of Washington Press , 207pp , illus , hbk , $19.95 ) by Eugene Fletcher is one man 's story of his training in the USA . |
| 22 | One man 's story of the L A quake page nine . |
| 23 | Mr Jerry Hayes ( C. Harlow ) warned that ‘ due to the regrettable and irresponsible behaviour of the unions , one man 's pay dispute could soon degenerate into another man 's loss of life ’ . |
| 24 | The dedication and workmanship that went into indulging one man 's whim can now be enjoyed by everyone , as Dinmore Manor is open to the public . |
| 25 | Of course I accept that one man 's fun is another man 's nightmare , and because of this more companies should think about creating ready-made racks for those who want them , or maybe just come up with designs and ideas for those who want to build their own . |
| 26 | The individual duration of one man 's life spans just a fraction of a cosmic second in these dense , material vibrations . |
| 27 | Just get him talking , and then listen , really listen , while old Eddy disinterred one man 's life from the dust of time , and put it together again before his eyes . |
| 28 | Still , the application of different principles of design at the two ends could be accounted for in one man 's work : either by supposing that he saw and was overwhelmed by the Theseion mural between designing the east and designing the west ; or , perhaps more convincingly , that he felt a traditional , sculptural style proper to the entrance-front while allowing himself at the back to experiment with a new pictorial interest . |
| 29 | As Syme has remarked , ‘ Rome 's peculiar greatness was due not to one man 's genius or to one age , but to many men and the long process of time . ’ |
| 30 | They bore the unmistakable stamp of one man 's genius : to anyone who knew anything about jewellery , that was immediately obvious . |