Example sentences of "man 's [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrie had been listening intently , enthralled and hanging on to the union man 's every word , but she suddenly caught sight of Fred standing at the counter . |
| 2 | Man 's a fool . ’ |
| 3 | Jilly 's Jazz Band trod the riverside path playing ‘ My Old Man 's a Dustman ’ and pursued by barking dogs . |
| 4 | Only the composer , who 's going deaf anyway ; as for the conductor , my dears , the man 's a positive halfwit … ’ |
| 5 | The man 's a fleecer who sha n't get away with it , and you … ’ she pointed a yellow finger at James , ‘ have a duty to inform on him . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ That man 's a doctor . |
| 7 | Man 's a prick . ’ |
| 8 | The man 's a prick to be involved . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Your man 's a faceless pig to most people out on the streets , ’ said Hogan nastily , as Cowley led the way through the swing doors of the Ministry building , and hurried towards his chauffeur driven car , waiting for him at the bottom of the steps . |
| 10 | The man 's a thief and a robber ! |
| 11 | ‘ LOOK , the man 's a hunk . |
| 12 | ‘ The other man 's a makeweight — an insurance for them in case I withdraw . |
| 13 | The man 's a complete cunt . |
| 14 | Burns triumphantly hijacks this image by extending the golden substance to the borders of manhood — ‘ a man 's a man for a ’ that' , so that one could properly ask for ‘ one man , one vote ’ . |
| 15 | The man 's a crook , is n't he ? ’ |
| 16 | " What I 'm trying to tell you is , the man 's a crook . |
| 17 | The man 's a sartorial offence . |
| 18 | ‘ The man 's a thief , ’ said Chang . |
| 19 | The man 's a smart-arse , too clever by bloody half ! ’ |
| 20 | The man 's a bastard . |
| 21 | ‘ God that man 's a nuisance , ’ Fiona said , as they turned the corner in the drive and the lights of the castle came into view against the coal-dark night . |
| 22 | Does that ever cause any resentment if there 's , you know if the , a man 's a head of a section where there 's a lot of women who maybe feel that you could do the job as well ? |
| 23 | The man 's a consummate liar , I thought . |
| 24 | The man 's a stirrer , a pushy bastard , a union rep . |
| 25 | However , the man 's a fool and she 'll be better off without him . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ The man 's a complete prat , ’ said Rex Mundi . |
| 27 | This is one of the things I want you to se see today and this wonderful film I was gon na show today and I hope I 'll show next week , third time lucky , they actually interview the wives , the polygynous wives of of some erm erm guy in Africa , some African erm and they to them they actually ask the wives , why do you , you know why are you married to this man and they say well he feeds us , you know th that 's why we 're married to him , he gives us food and he 's apparently got five this particular man they interviewed , three of them were active and two of them were elderly , and the three active wives are quite open about the fact that this man 's a good provider and therefore they stay with him , but they , they would n't in the case of Australian Aborigines , they would n't stay if they did n't get fed and they only get fed because he 's a good hunter and to be a good hunter you need to go on good terms of men and that 's how it works . |
| 28 | Do n't tell me her old man 's a copper and this is one of his mates warning me off . |
| 29 | Anyway , the man 's a fool . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Damn , if only I had n't had that wine and walked home — well , the man 's a fool . |