Example sentences of "[noun sg] man [Wh pn] had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble started in May , when an unarmed navy man who had backed his pick-up truck into a sheriff 's squad car was shot in the head by a deputy . |
| 2 | Tess realized that the farmer was the same Trantridge man who had recognized her in the market town , and had been knocked down by Angel . |
| 3 | Here they were , objects of suspicion to be interrogated by the police , and not even noticed by the one or two newspaper men who had arrived at the hotel . |
| 4 | Second Unit Director Yakima Cannutt , the famed stunt man who had directed the chariot race in Ben-Hur and the battle scenes in epics like Ivanhoe and El Cid , staged sections of the enormous battle between the slave army and Roman legions towards the end of Spartacus His job was specifically to capture shots of the main actors , such as Tony Curtis and John Ireland , in battle . |
| 5 | From the persuasive pen of Committee member Richard Hoggart , himself a working class man who had seized the opportunities of formal education , the critique flowed power-filly . |