Collocations for the word man when used in the Senate during the 1970s
| Collocation | Frequency |
|---|---|
| young man | 413 |
| one man | 305 |
| white man | 236 |
| working man | 163 |
| family man | 152 |
| another man | 78 |
| man hours | 75 |
| every man | 72 |
| little man | 68 |
| man whose | 66 |
| married man | 63 |
| labor man | 61 |
| great man | 55 |
| legal man | 52 |
| man would | 52 |
| per man | 50 |
| ordinary man | 47 |
| man one | 46 |
| man named | 44 |
| man could | 40 |
| black man | 38 |
| honest man | 38 |
| man hour | 36 |
| man like | 36 |
| man days | 35 |
| man woman | 33 |
| small man | 33 |
| fellow man | 32 |
| single man | 31 |
| honourable man | 30 |
| man said | 30 |
| man may | 29 |
| man called | 28 |
| man came | 27 |
| man made | 26 |
| medical man | 24 |
| rich man | 24 |
| wealthy man | 24 |
| man senator | 23 |
| big man | 22 |
| man earning | 22 |
| old man | 22 |
| man concerned | 21 |
| business man | 20 |
| poor man | 19 |
| man might | 18 |
| dead man | 17 |
| man weeks | 17 |
| party man | 17 |
| man animals | 16 |
| professional man | 16 |
| average man | 15 |
| million man | 15 |
| good man | 14 |
| last man | 14 |
| man without | 14 |
| aboriginal man | 13 |
| middle man | 13 |
| remarkable man | 13 |
| man responsible | 12 |
| man says | 12 |
| man working | 12 |
| ‘one man | 11 |
| man living | 11 |
| man wants | 11 |
| reasonable man | 11 |
| better man | 10 |
| brave man | 10 |
| eminent man | 10 |
| man must | 10 |
| man whether | 10 |
| sincere man | 10 |
| ‘our man | 9 |
| common man | 9 |
| first man | 9 |
| important man | 9 |
| innocent man | 9 |
| man goes | 9 |
| man involved | 9 |
| man wanted | 9 |
| man went | 9 |
| powerful man | 9 |
| practical man | 9 |
| railway man | 9 |
| strong man | 9 |
| tax man | 9 |
| ‘the man | 8 |
| australian man | 8 |
| hatchet man | 8 |
| humble man | 8 |
| kindly man | 8 |
| man employed | 8 |
| man enough | 8 |
| man indeed | 8 |
| man let | 8 |
| man received | 8 |
| quiet man | 8 |
| religious man | 8 |
| right man | 8 |
| younger man | 8 |