Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] older " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because my friend 's daughter whom I met er she is one year and a few days older than you two huh ? |
| 2 | In practice , the vast majority of reported offences of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl of 16 involve young men of a similar age or a few years older , and the general trend is to administer a formal caution to such persons rather than to prosecute them . |
| 3 | ‘ I would hate it to go down in Conservative mythology that we always had to have a gaggle of young men running every campaign , ’ he said , ‘ although if we had the same bunch at the next election at least they 'd be a few years older . ’ |
| 4 | Peter was a few years older and shared David 's passion for gambling and the good things in life . |
| 5 | I suppose if I 'd been a few years older , I would have replied , ‘ Is n't that the only way to treat it ? ’ |
| 6 | ( If her son enters when he is a few years older , he will surely be unique in being able to say he has been taking part since before he was born . ) |
| 7 | Now 43 , he 's a few years older than Super Mario who made his screen debut in a 1980 arcade game . |
| 8 | She was a few years older , mature , a mother . |
| 9 | Close friendships with girls a few years older or younger than oneself were actively discouraged , and it seemed to us that to be seen in earnest conversation with a girl who belonged neither to one 's own year or one 's own house was tantamount to admitting that one was engaged in a lesbian liaison . |
| 10 | ‘ I feel staggered at being chosen as a winner , and it has made me really thrilled , even though I am a few years older than the others , ’ he said . |
| 11 | The girl — a few years older than him — was the actress Eleanor Summerfield . |
| 12 | Though from a much more comfortable background than Burton , Dylan Thomas had been brought up just the other side of Swansea Bay , a few years older than the man who would become his greatest reader . |
| 13 | He 's a few years older than I am and was already one of the most respected members of the Weighing Room when we became friends . |
| 14 | Pauline was a few years older than Chris , who was 31 , but they had found mutual support and love , and together created the opportunity to live on their own . |
| 15 | ‘ Not for a measly fifty , ’ William laughs , as he and Andy pull together and draw together , tottering on the seat while Andy throws the emptied bottle to someone in the crowd and is handed another full magnum by his partner in The Gadget Shop , a fellow ex-ad-man who 's a few years older than Andy . |
| 16 | Somewhere there would be a tutor waiting to see him — some easy-going , amiable man , not old , but a few years older than himself , with whom he could drink sherry on slightly deferential terms , and to whom he could apply for permission to hold parties , keep a car , and ride to hounds . |
| 17 | A few years older than her . |
| 18 | I found myself liking Henniker — he was a few years older than I am , and had served in the war as an AA gunner . |
| 19 | We 're almost the same age , I 'm just a few months older . |
| 20 | Women her age usually give up sex — she 's a few months older than me , you know . |
| 21 | Zach , Tom discovered , was a voluble , curly-haired boy a few months older than Willie , only taller and in bad need , so he thought , of a haircut . |
| 22 | On paper it appears the light blues are inches shorter … and a few months older … but what about on the water ? |
| 23 | When she 's a few months older Thia will be allowed in the same field as the farm 's other miniature , Carlsberg , a stallion . |