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 |