Example sentences of "only man in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is not the only man in the BBC with much to fear . |
| 2 | ‘ Why get rid of the only man in the company who knows anything about selling jewellery in the most important time of the year ? |
| 3 | He was the only man in the class , which meant he got a lot of attention . |
| 4 | ‘ I liked him ’ , one daughter summed up a grandfather who had been orphaned in the Irish potato famine : ‘ he was an old man , and I was only nine when he died , but as our father was at the [ First World ] War , I suppose he was the only man in the house . |
| 5 | For the first time in his life , Jonadab Oaks was the only man in the house . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought Robert was the only man in the world for you , ’ observed my mother . |
| 7 | Am I then so esoteric in my taste as to be the only man in the world who fancies you ? ’ |