Example sentences of "a [det] young [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can pick off a few young leaves for salads or cooking . |
| 2 | There were a few young men who developed female characteristics , unconsciously perhaps at first but certainly consciously when they became aware of the power that these gave them . |
| 3 | Quite a few young men paid her attention and wanted to court her , but rather than be out ‘ winching ’ ( courting ) she preferred the company of mother and the family . |
| 4 | They helped dig the badgers ' new home … there were also a few young recruits on hand to help with the spadework . |
| 5 | There were a few obvious English tourists , but even more elderly Italians , and even a few young couples , as if it were the fashionable thing to do . |
| 6 | People living near a former young offenders institution are fighting plans to turn it into a detention centre for the immigration service . |
| 7 | They say the centre , to be based at a former young offenders institution , will treat refugees as criminals . |
| 8 | Campsfield House , a former young offenders ' institution has been refurbished for the Immigration Service . |