Example sentences of "man 's [noun] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And by Gad , sir , a man 's pride is at stake . |
| 2 | Now the depot office the they in those days controlled what a man 's duties were for the next day and a man did n't know what he was on until about twelve o'clock one day what he was on the next day . |
| 3 | The man 's wife is at home , preparing the Sunday lunch . |
| 4 | As soon as the man 's wallet was in his hand , the Doctor retreated hastily back to the car to peruse the contents . |
| 5 | Byron may have been exaggerating a little when he wrote , ‘ Man 's love is of man 's life a thing apart , 'T IS woman 's whole existence ’ , but obviously there is more than a grain of truth in it , and not necessarily a painful or unacceptable one either . |
| 6 | She lacked his detachment and would not even have thought it morally desirable , believing the Byronic tag , " Man 's love is of man 's life a thing apart : 't is woman 's whole existence . " |
| 7 | They say the way to a man 's heart is through his stomach , so pick up an elegant Gentleman 's Gift Tray from Waitrose at £13.50 . |
| 8 | Clearly she knew the way to a man 's heart was through his feet . |
| 9 | ‘ True , ’ the Friar said , ‘ that is certainly possible , but a wise man 's life is to a large extent a commerce in probabilities , if he were to deal in possibilities he would do little trade . |
| 10 | May I take the liberty of reminding the right hon. Gentleman of his relative 's famous quote in relation to his own personal position : that each man 's life is like a diary in which we set out to write one account and finish up writing something different and that our most humble moment comes when we compare what we have written with that which we intended to write . |
| 11 | Yet when a man 's life is in balance , mirth is a spice and exhilarator that gives to life an added delight . |
| 12 | McLeish remembered that this man 's constituency was in Derbyshire . |
| 13 | T. B. In those days , a bobby was a good catch for a woman — in a regular job and a good wage — average working man 's wage was around a pound to thirty shillings . |
| 14 | The dead man 's family are in shock . |
| 15 | Although the system of relief under the Poor Law had changed when the Boards of Guardians were disbanded in 1929 and changes had been made in the unemployment insurance scheme , the principle of not allowing unemployment benefit to exceed a man 's wages was by no means abandoned . |
| 16 | A woman may know what a man 's intentions are towards her , long before he does himself , and can ‘ pick up ’ emotional inclinations which he has not yet recognized . |
| 17 | I ca n't see what Andy 's doing because the man 's body is in the way , but then Andy hits into him , bowling him backwards and he shouts and I wriggle away from them ; I scramble off through the ferns on all fours and then stop and look back and the man 's got Andy , he 's struggling with him , leaning over him , folding him , pressing him down , and Andy 's breathing hard , grunting , trying to break free . |
| 18 | The man 's body was under the other air shaft . |
| 19 | Stinging , biting , their incessant attentions to warm-blooded creatures always raised the question as to their purpose — as if man 's comfort were at the heart of the purpose of creation . |
| 20 | The man 's mind is in such a state that it might unhinge him completely . |