Example sentences of "they be [noun] men " in BNC.

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1 Some of them are Suardale men — and Drynoch men ! ’
2 They are breast men .
3 One of them sat in the back — again — and made me follow the Escort , but at least this time they were plainclothes men not uniformed , so my street cred did n't suffer .
4 They were consensus men .
5 The family were to be closely associated with Gloucester in the 1470s , but in the 1460s they were Neville men , and Thomas and his brother William suffered forfeiture in 1470 for their support of Warwick and Clarence .
6 The family were to be closely associated with Gloucester in the 1470s , but in the 1460s they were Neville men , and Thomas and his brother William suffered forfeiture in 1470 for their support of Warwick and Clarence .
7 And er what I see of the modern teacher I 'm probably looking out with three different eyes , they do n't seem to come up to the same standing as those men were , at all because one thing that I I remember very vividly about them all , and they were family men , what I call family men .
8 Only five in all — and two of 'em was Surrey men . ’
9 ‘ And what 's more , ’ said the Old Stager hotly , ‘ if yer want to go to yer 250 scores , there only six further English names in that list of two of them was Surrey men : P.B.H. May and Kenny Barrington .
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