Examples of 'there was this man' in a sentence

Meaning of "there was this man"

The phrase 'there was this man' commonly introduces a narrative or anecdote, implying that the speaker or author is about to tell a story or describe an encounter involving a specific individual who is male. It serves as a way to capture attention and create anticipation for the following account

How to use "there was this man" in a sentence

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there was this man
There was this man giving a little talk.
Living here there was this man.
There was this man who made a boat.
I was going up the stairs and there was this man.
There was this man with this woman.
I turned and there was this man.
But there was this man at my reading.
This morning there was this man.
There was this man that had a dog.
I was just to his appartment and there was this man there going through.
Then there was this man waving at me.
I looked out into the hall and there was this man there with a gun.
And there was this man waving at me.
The Israeli liaison man there was this man.
There was this man with a dog at a bus stop.

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I was just to his appartment and there was this man there going through his stuff.
There was this man that raised me.
I was just at his apartment and there was this man there going through his stuff.
There was this man at the event.
Throughout my life I understood that there was this man John DeLorean.
There was this man from there.
After you left this morning, there was this man out with the dog.
There was this man who was being taken away in a wheelchair.
And no one followed you? There was this man.
There was this man who seduced me.
And he was being chased by a ferocious tiger . There was this man.
Was that there was this man there.
Peeking in the back window there. There was this man.
There was this man living in a very remote village.
So I went downstairs, and there was this man there, and we just started talking.
There was this man at the bar one night.
Have not you noticed? There was this man claiming this was not my flat.
There was this man there high up on a foot walk.
And for some reason, There was this man giving a little talk.
There was this man who once got married.
Are you sure? And then there was this man in the pub beforehand.
There was this man on the shore.
No . I was going up the stairs and there was this man.
There was this man at the hotel.
Before Dmitri, there was this man named Pavel.
There was this man who saw me.
So how was it? There was this man Ronnie.
There was this man claiming this was not my flat.
When I was little … living here there was this man.
Yes there was this man who.
Middle of the night I went downstairs, and there was this man.
There was this man who was kind of an average man.
You see, there was this man.
There was this man in my house.
Many years ago, there was this man.

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