Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a man [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 23 years old , Alex Watts has the presence of a man ten years his senior , tempered with a new-found impatience he knows frustrates his family and friends . |
| 2 | Morrison , 24 , won a unanimous verdict over a man 20 years older than him , and could now get a crack at Lewis ' WBC crown . |
| 3 | Alex Household had been excellent in the part , but , in retrospect , he seemed to have been giving an actor 's interpretation of a man fifteen years older than himself . |
| 4 | If the spectacle of a woman well into her fifties in love with a man twelve years her junior is ridiculous , then they were ridiculous . |
| 5 | She is married for the second time to a man 15 years her junior . |