Example sentences of "[pron] early [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | In my early twenties I found that I would become aggressive when I was given a compliment . |
2 | Had I been a father in my early twenties I would have been dreadful because there were so many things I still wanted to do . ’ |
3 | In their early twenties they had a group called the Actors and RCA records asked them to come in for a meeting . |
4 | On her return to Broadway Miss Picon played a string of leads — all in Yiddish — at Kessler 's Theatre , and won such acclaim that while still in her early thirties she was top of the bill at the Palace , America 's leading vaudeville house , and had a New York theatre named after her . |
5 | Yeah , one of them 's I think she was in her early eighties she , they put on a Christmas party and she sang . |
6 | Now in her early fifties she may find her age an advantage for the stability , maturity and experience she could bring to the position . |
7 | In some quarters , of course , he was enormously popular , and it may have been that as a young man in his early twenties he found it difficult to cope with the adulation of the fans . |
8 | By his early twenties he was in business as a printer and publisher at 29 Essex Street , Strand ; and it was from that address that Crockford 's Clerical Directory was first published in 1858 . |
9 | Having settled in London in his early twenties he edited Gossip and Piccadilly , and in 1891–3 was foreign editor of the Globe . |
10 | In his early fifties he took up flying , gaining both French Aviators ' and Royal Aero Club certificates . |
11 | By his early 40s he was an army officer in India , which , at that time , was ruled jointly by the British Army and the English East India Company . |
12 | Back in our early twenties we could be up all night . |
13 | ‘ So , if you 're in your early twenties you 've been out of high school for several years ; what have you been doing ? ’ |