Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] a [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | A strange man — or perhaps a plain man lost in a world where most other men had grown strange — collecting superlatives to himself as Saint Sebastian collected arrows in the wall-paintings . |
| 2 | ‘ Scawsby , ’ he murmured , ‘ is he the murderer or just a spiteful man who rejoices in the humiliation of others ? |
| 3 | One gets the feeling from Warnie 's diary , for example , that it was better to be a good Inkling than a good poet , or even a good man . |
| 4 | He was older than Miss Harker and he did n't look like a mill worker , nor yet a wealthy man . |
| 5 | And nevertheless an intelligent man can moderate all the things that fate causes , as long as he is clear in his mind ’ . |
| 6 | John was by then an adult , of course , aged about thirty , and also a married man . |
| 7 | A 19-year-old woman has already been bailed by the court on a handling charge and tomorrow a 22-year-old man will appear in court charged with robbery . |
| 8 | It was said to small children and maybe a young man would say it to his lass but always implied affection of something young and tender . |