Example sentences of "to [be] [det] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I look at a picture of a naked man , I can think like Richard Dyer : ‘ I 'd like to feel that man and I 'd like to be that man . ’ |
| 2 | I mean to be that man . ’ |
| 3 | Once Nour had said to me , ‘ Margaret , would you like to be that man , burning all your life , or would you rather marry me ? ’ |
| 4 | Michael Banks actually seemed to be that man . |
| 5 | The true explanation of title by [ adverse possession ] … seems to me to be that man , like a tree in a cleft rock , gradually shapes his roots to his surroundings , and when the roots have grown to a certain size , ca n't be displaced without cutting at his life . |
| 6 | I was pretending to be another man , but losing my own heart . |
| 7 | For one thing she happens to be another man 's wife these days . |
| 8 | I do believe fervently that no man is fit to be any man 's master ; that an uncontrolled capacity to amass wealth is thoroughly wrong ; that the class system , particularly in relation to education , needs urgent change ; that it is right and proper and sensible to be an enthusiastic European and that much nonsense is talked about the alleged loss of sovereignty . |
| 9 | To be this man 's servant — what was there to be proud in that ? |
| 10 | And why did it have to be this man above all others who made her heart beat that little bit faster ? |