Collocations for the word man when used in the House of Representatives during the 1970s
| Collocation | Frequency |
|---|---|
| young man | 444 |
| one man | 416 |
| family man | 179 |
| working man | 175 |
| every man | 160 |
| man hours | 146 |
| man days | 136 |
| another man | 117 |
| little man | 105 |
| per man | 103 |
| man whose | 100 |
| white man | 99 |
| man woman | 82 |
| married man | 79 |
| labor man | 76 |
| man would | 76 |
| great man | 75 |
| man animals | 75 |
| million man | 74 |
| small man | 69 |
| average man | 61 |
| rich man | 61 |
| man one | 55 |
| man could | 54 |
| man like | 54 |
| ordinary man | 54 |
| business man | 50 |
| man hour | 50 |
| man named | 50 |
| single man | 47 |
| man made | 46 |
| reasonable man | 45 |
| honourable man | 43 |
| big man | 42 |
| honest man | 38 |
| poor man | 38 |
| fellow man | 37 |
| man called | 33 |
| old man | 33 |
| man may | 31 |
| man concerned | 29 |
| good man | 28 |
| man earning | 28 |
| professional man | 27 |
| middle man | 26 |
| man came | 23 |
| important man | 22 |
| man without | 22 |
| guilty man | 21 |
| man enough | 21 |
| best man | 20 |
| country man | 20 |
| man per | 20 |
| party man | 20 |
| remarkable man | 20 |
| dead man | 19 |
| man said | 19 |
| wealthy man | 19 |
| man well | 18 |
| able man | 17 |
| man must | 17 |
| practical man | 17 |
| intelligent man | 16 |
| man employed | 16 |
| strong man | 16 |
| decent man | 15 |
| hatchet man | 15 |
| legal man | 15 |
| man gets | 15 |
| man receiving | 15 |
| sincere man | 15 |
| first man | 14 |
| many man | 14 |
| cattle man | 13 |
| common man | 13 |
| kindly man | 13 |
| man let | 13 |
| man wife | 13 |
| unemployed man | 13 |
| man responsible | 12 |
| man supporting | 12 |
| man today | 12 |
| man whether | 12 |
| man working | 12 |
| odd man | 12 |
| senior man | 12 |
| ‘one man | 11 |
| brave man | 11 |
| busy man | 11 |
| city man | 11 |
| fine man | 11 |
| free man | 11 |
| man wants | 11 |
| front man | 10 |
| last man | 10 |
| man appointed | 10 |
| man even | 10 |
| man received | 10 |
| man sir | 10 |
| man yet | 10 |