My husband — a lean man who tried unsuccessfully for years to get me into running — took up weightlifting at the same time as me.

A tall, lean man with thick grey hair in a weathered leather bomber jacket and khaki uniform strides over to the metal gate where a crowd has gathered.

Within a minute a very tall, lean man wearing jeans, blue checked shirt and navy sleeveless pullover comes quickly down the pine stairs and extends his hand.

A tall lean man, his voice was described as high and rasping.

As they waited, a lean man approached on a donkey eating a loaf of bread.