Example sentences of "[art] man [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've spoken to several of the barmen , explaining our dilemma , and elicited a promise that if a couple answering to the description of Svend and your sister put in an appearance and are conversing in English the man shall be discreetly asked if he is Svend Eriksen and , if so , requested to get in touch with me . |
| 2 | I tried so hard to be good but a lot was expected of children in those days , and I often had nightmares thinking the man would know about me and would come and get me . |
| 3 | Even though the crew at the station offered to look after the dog , the man would not accept , and walked away . |
| 4 | Then Trent was up and running — important that he halt Juanito well before José 's position or the man would be warned by José 's absence . |
| 5 | He 'd be talking to some man all evening , they 'd be getting on very well indeed as far as we could all see , but then Miss P would still be there alone when the lights went on , and the man would have gone . |
| 6 | Boy as I said lived during the days on sugar , yoghurts , instant coffee and toast ; then every evening the man would cook up a big casserole , one big casserole filled with fish and lots of potatoes , tinned sweetcorn , something like that , and they would eat that together in the kitchen every night at seven o'clock , before the man went off to work — he worked nights you see . |
| 7 | Then the man would go to bed for the day , and Boy would stay up , dozing but mostly watching the television . |
| 8 | With some people the effect was just numbing : the man would lie on his bed all day like a piece of dead wood . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , some of those who were very close to the man would not get ill despite receiving a very large dose of bugs and some , who were in the most distant part of the bus , would catch it despite receiving a small dose . |
| 10 | With luck the man would n't recognize him either . |
| 11 | While window-shopping in Manhattan or on Broadway , they would find that they were being followed block after block , then , having sized up her figure and made certain the Girl was aware she was being followed , the man would walk ahead , glance round to check that her face was as good as her body and start a conversation . |
| 12 | Magdy Yacoub was summoned , and decided the only way to save the man would be to boost his heart with part of a cardiac support system that Yacoub borrowed at an international congress last October . |
| 13 | Finally , the man would do what she both wished and feared her father would do : he would walk out . |
| 14 | If there is no potential willingness in the woman to respond , then perhaps the man would never approach her . |
| 15 | He watched Robert Asshe come on , and play his part , without feelings of hatred ; if the man would be reasonable , they could still deal with one another . |
| 16 | Checking Zhukov 's pulse , he satisfied himself that the man would be senseless for at least another five minutes , then walked smartly into the darkroom , switching on the red safety light . |
| 17 | It seemed bizarre to be instructing a Baluch builder in the niceties of a fitted kitchen when the man would never have seen one , would never use one . |
| 18 | Certainly the man would n't have been his usual choice , but under the circumstances he was obliged to take Victor 's recommendation at face value . |
| 19 | The man would , of course , have come fasting to the first Mass of the day . |
| 20 | As he spoke he began to take a backward step , and for an instant Gentle 's dizzied brain almost thought it possible the man would retreat into nothingness ; be proved spirit rather than substance . |
| 21 | Because to put it in the kind of terms which the man would best understand , the book is a monumental cock-up . |
| 22 | Besides , the man would come soon . |
| 23 | There was no initial prospect of romance between her and Ian , but it was suggested her admiration for the man would sometimes lead to under-currents of antagonism between her and Susan . |
| 24 | Suddenly George was frightened that the man would think him mean . |
| 25 | The man would be discovered with his trousers down , revealing nothing so vulgar as a penis . |
| 26 | The man would probably persist , he had done so before , but there were always people about . |
| 27 | He thought it fortunate that improvements in male characteristics were passed on in some measure to women , otherwise the man would have become as superior in mental endowment to women as the peacock is in plumage to the peahen . |
| 28 | Davide haggled ; he got him five per cent , and knew that the man would be able to claw back some more , as well as keep some of the harvest . |
| 29 | He found himself hoping that the man would succeed in his plan to take a knot of followers remaining faithful to the Aten — if they existed — out to the deserts which , he had heard , extended to the east of the Great Green , and form an outpost of the new religion there . |
| 30 | Terry it was , but he wished the man would come round and answer questions . |