Example sentences of "man [coord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was tall and strong and beautiful but he could never think like a man or a king . |
| 2 | The cripple , for example , who had flung Allen into the stream , was he an honest man or a rascal ? |
| 3 | The shadows provided some relief , and here and there a man or a donkey dozed in one . |
| 4 | One of them said , ‘ Come on Russell are you a man or a boy ? ’ |
| 5 | talking about somebody being a man or a boy or something okay . |
| 6 | She had seen his timidity , his ignorance of housekeeping , his lack of authority as a man or a priest . |
| 7 | I want to be known for my driving , not as a society man or a lover or God knows what . ’ |
| 8 | When asked if he sees himself as a business man or a sailor , he replies without demur that he is ‘ a businessman ’ , but he also professes , a touch pugnaciously , to being ‘ a socialist ’ and believes that opportunities for the ordinary person to take part in ocean racing have become even fewer since large scale sponsorship . |
| 9 | Erm if words can resolve the problem , then at the end of the day , there 's no need for a man or a body of men to lose money . |
| 10 | A player should be a man or a woman , make decisions , think . |
| 11 | After studying large numbers of systems of kinship terms and placing them in an evolutionary sequence , partly in terms of their characteristics , partly in terms of the technological level reached by the societies from which they originated , Morgan felt confident that he had discovered a governing tendency in the history of human marriage : as social evolution progressed , the number of legitimate sexual partners a man or a woman could have diminished progressively , finally producing monogamy — the permanent union of one man and one woman . |
| 12 | It was some time before Wexford could decide whether it was a man or a woman and when he realised it was a woman he called out a brisk , cheerful good night so that she should not be afraid . |
| 13 | I mention him in particular because he understood that opera concerns those ecstatic moments when a man or a woman has to use a means of expression other than the spoken word . |
| 14 | ‘ We all know whether someone is a man or a woman . |
| 15 | As was pointed out in the judgment , ‘ In some contractual relationships , for example life assurance and pensions schemes — some aspects of the law regulating conditions of employment , and … various state-run schemes such as national insurance ’ , 35 it is ultimately a matter for the parties concerned whether the individual should be treated as a man or a woman . |
| 16 | Who teaches us what it means to be a man or a woman ? |
| 17 | Going out , especially at night , may seem particularly dangerous for people on their own , but there are many things you can do to promote your safety whether you are a man or a woman . |
| 18 | But we do not like to admit that we masturbate , because people might think that we can not get ourselves a man or a woman of our own . |
| 19 | I do not know whether a man or a woman |
| 20 | If , however , a man or a woman has mystical ability , it will become essential . |
| 21 | In small groups , too , men are able to discuss intimate matters , whether the group leader is a man or a woman . |
| 22 | Through what is sometimes called ‘ role-playing ’ within the family , the child is taught to anticipate certain adult roles and identities , particularly those identities associated with being a man or a woman . |
| 23 | child , man or a woman holding a child |
| 24 | I think er a lot of it has to do with confidence , the more confidence you get the quieter driving erm , I 'm afraid the more aggressive you become whether your a man or a woman but er quiet . |
| 25 | My immediate reaction , whether it be a man or a woman , is to think the worst of them . |
| 26 | And she 'd got a big black hat on , and a big black cloak , and all er crosses down here , and she 's got a boot on her arm all laced up , and nobody 'd know whether she were a man or a woman . |
| 27 | ‘ A man or a woman ? ’ |
| 28 | It was a stone head , whether of a man or a woman it was difficult to say . |
| 29 | I liked the idea of people not knowing whether it 's a man or a woman who 's done the painting . |
| 30 | We could not see whether it was a man or a woman , as it was completely covered with sheets . |