Example sentences of "the men [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stirling may have laid down the principles , but it was Lewes who had trained the men to put them into practice . |
| 2 | The other was dedicated at the long abandoned RAF Skitten , near Wick , to the men lost on Operation Freshman . |
| 3 | That was just I c Were the men lost off it ? |
| 4 | He said , ‘ Prepare the men to give battle . |
| 5 | ‘ Not many of the men connected with this place can account for every hour of that afternoon , though the women can . |
| 6 | It was hard work pulling the ship , and the men argued . |
| 7 | The men rushed at them , swords and daggers raised . |
| 8 | I hesitated and the men looked appealingly for instruction . |
| 9 | The men looked after the fields and the garden . |
| 10 | The men looked puzzled and discussed it among themselves , ignoring Marian . |
| 11 | The men looked up as Reuben led Ruth towards them . |
| 12 | The men looked at Mrs Fields . |
| 13 | The tallest of the men looked down at Ruth ; his hair was bright silver , and his gold eyes were like an eagle 's . |
| 14 | We were delighted to be on land again , and while the men looked for a river or a lake , I walked for about a kilometre away from the beach . |
| 15 | The men looked very serious , and did not offer their opinion . |
| 16 | Two or three of the men looked round , no one waved . |
| 17 | When they heard about the accident , the men looked for the brown envelope at once . |
| 18 | The men looked blankly at him . |
| 19 | She was a good waitress , but when she stood by the tables , the men looked round her to see Aileen . |
| 20 | The men looked at each other for a moment , then glanced away quickly . |
| 21 | There was a sudden sound of compacted ice falling from the underside of the lorry and some of the men looked startled . |
| 22 | The men looked at each other , then dropped their eyes . |
| 23 | Again the men looked at him inquiringly . |
| 24 | One girl said later she thought the men looked ‘ dodgy ’ and wrote down the registration number of the car . |
| 25 | ‘ It was n't difficult to remember what the men looked like but it was painful for him to see the faces of the people who killed his brother . ’ |
| 26 | Telling the men to see that the body was left fully clothed in the mortuary until he could get there , he let them go . |
| 27 | Not a pleasant task but the men get a bit browned-off sitting on their hunkers here , doing precious little but dig , and insecure grumbles to their wives and girl friends creep in from time to time . |
| 28 | Only in desire for change is there a significant difference ; while the women score high , the men get almost full marks . |
| 29 | The men get reflective on life , the universe and everything . |
| 30 | One woman told her that " the men get the more experienced and difficult work " , while another reported that she thought " the work very pleasant and suitable for women … but has sometimes found working with small type to be a slight strain on her eyesight " . |