Possessives

• helmet: And he said, " If I don't get me a fireman's helmet, I'm gonna blow your brains out.

• hose: Water stop above Cleeve Lock, on the fast fireman's hose, enabling us to keep our place in the lock queue.

• uniform: Imogen's ex- told us the Welsh temptress loves a fireman's uniform to fan the flames of passion.

• lift: Then each exerting a classic fireman's lift then carried the stricken inmates from their cell.

Converse of object

• pass: He spent five years as a GCR fireman, becoming a passed fireman in 2000 and a driver in 2002.

• become: However, entering the cubicle to discover how to become a fireman, Steelhorn found himself falling into a fusion furnace.

• call: We had two wonderful and helpful fireman called Carl and Robert, who have been working in the service for more than 10 years!

Adjective modifier

• leading: He was a leading fireman in Hull, East Yorkshire.

• former: A former fireman, Golding's first professional success came in the 1990s with Challenge.

• part-time: Part-time firemen could not be required to serve, without their consent, outside their former Fire Brigade Area.

• full-time: The union had argued that it was illegal to deny retained firefighters the same pension and sick pay rights to full-time firemen and women.

Noun used with modifier

• colliery: A married man of Birch View, Edge Green, Ashton-in-Makerfield who was the colliery fireman.

• steam: His father was also working in a mill as a steam boiler fireman ( in 1901, he was 39 ).