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1 He kept one eye on this, for it might contain a man .
2 The whole kingdom did not contain a man more attached to the king and queen.
3 The question threw me and I looked out in search of a boat or a plane or anything that might contain a man .
4 The balloon descended but a short distance from thee scene of the engagement and was found to contain a man named Du Norof.
5 I took the polished bronze in my hands, in wonder that it could contain a man , and all that made him a man.
6 On the top of some high tower or steeple, place a kind of sentry-box, big enough to contain a man and an electrical stand.
7 The tunnel was little more than wide enough to contain a man 's body, and progress had to be made by kicking and scrambling forward.
8 From the door a carriage containing a man was about to drive away.
9 Every envelope contained a man 's honor and peace of mind.
10 A carriage containing a man and several women followed.
11 That chair on which she had sat from day to day...had it really contained a man ?
12 He replied carelessly that it contained a man .
13 And they contained a man 's secret.
14 He was just emerging from the wood into the highroad when a buggy dashed past him, containing a man and a woman.
15 Why should she not return to the earth, if she knows that it contains a man who thinks of, desires, only her?
16 The general idea the stay-at-home has of the trenches is that every yard contains a man who is watching out for signs of the enemy.
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