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postman - use in sentences
Converse of object
- become: He rose to become a head postman at 15s per week.
- see: Let's go and see the postman coming up the drive!
- do: Postal ta Where does a postman go on holiday?
- hear: I heard the postman come and I knew that it would be a letter for me.
- come: I heard the postman come and I knew that it would be a letter for me.
- find: The farmer was most perplexed to find the postman 's lifeless body on his front doorstep when he returned from holiday.
Converse of subject
- awake: Tuesday, June 6th Valleyschwag Homepage Photos of what I received Email the editor This morning I was awoken by mr postman.
Adjective modifier
- retired: Neighbors say Mr Burke, a retired postman, relied heavily on his wife's care.
- rural: A village Lodge, the Master was one James Beattie, a rural postman attached to the Forfar Post Office.
- former: Indeed, on hearing of the news, former postman Dave Sharpe stated that he was'Mr.
- local: Her husband, Sean, a local postman is still on crutches following an accident some months.
- poor: Every time the mail arrives I'm rushing to the door - the poor postman must think I'm nuts!
Modifies a noun
- pat: POSTMAN PAT asks Veronica Gumfloss: Where is Pongo's burger bar?
Noun used with modifier
- Mr: Tuesday, June 6th Valleyschwag Homepage Photos of what I received Email the editor This morning I was awoken by mr postman.
- village: Francois, a village postman, zips through his rounds on his bicycle -- the old-fashioned way.
Possessives
- film: Bat Out of Hell What's a postman's favorite film?
- knock: Odds & Ends 15 Forum Was that the postman's knock?
- bag: Around the bed lie more letters, a postman's bag and a pile of gnawed bones.
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