Example sentences of "the [adj] man [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is the odd man out at the ball , he only wants one kiss , but it always eludes him . ’ |
| 2 | And again , when reporting on the A & B Foursomes in January 1969 , he started as follows : ‘ There must be an increased number of wives who are convinced that there is a special weather dispensation for Harpsden , or it may be , of course , that many of them are only too glad to get the old man out of the house for a few hours on a wet Sunday . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Never leave home without one , ’ she said with a grim laugh , and helped him drag the unconscious man on to the floor . |
| 4 | Charlie completely blotted the great man out of the match and , with this vital piece of their armoury missing , Tottenham were nonplussed and the Palace went on to win with two goals scored by Billy Morgan , who had joined the club as part of the same complex deal as Cross himself in 1922 . |
| 5 | Holland 's Richard Krajicek became the fourth man through to the big money stage when he beat Spain 's Emilio Sanchez 6-3 , 6-2 . |
| 6 | The first man out of the starting gate today will swing and glide over a carpet of man-made snow 80 centimetres deep . |
| 7 | The first man out of the Chevrolet was wearing blue and green Bermuda shorts , a pink and scarlet Hawaiian shirt and a blue tennis visor with the words ‘ Go Dawgs ’ inscribed on its peak . |
| 8 | The Hussars drew their sabres to drive the unarmed men back into the river , but French artillery had already closed on the southern bank and , as soon as the Hussars went into the trot , the first roundshot slammed across the water . |
| 9 | They were admitted by a surprised servant , who had been told to keep the young man out of the house , but not , or not yet , Miss Dinah , who had firm hold of Mr Arkwright 's hand . |
| 10 | He let the young man out through the front door . |
| 11 | They are going to draw the young men out of the country like pith out of a rush . |
| 12 | Expectations in the following week that the Libyan government might hand the two men over to the Arab League , and thus pre-empt the approval on March 31 of Resolution 748 , were disappointed . |
| 13 | The US White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater had meanwhile ( according to Le Monde of March 26 ) said that it would not be sufficient for Libya to hand the two men over to the Arab League ; Libya had to comply with all the demands that had been referred to in Resolution 731 [ see ICJ verdict below ] . |
| 14 | Carole laughed as she and Laura followed the two men back towards the house . |
| 15 | The doctor led the two men out of the small private room and into an office next door . |
| 16 | The dragonwoman had quite recovered her composure now , and looked levelly at Hrun as he threw the two men down on the steps before her . |