Example sentences of "[prep] a man [adj] years [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His hips were narrow , like those of a man fifteen years his junior , and his arms were long . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Her charm was such that her second marriage was with a man twenty years her junior , Sir John Danvers . |
| 5 | Diana was flattered , flustered and bewildered by the passion she had aroused in a man twelve years her senior . |
| 6 | Recent vault clearances of over 2,000 coffins of the period 1729–1865 from St Marylebone Parish Church and Christchurch , Spitalfields , 18 exhibit a change in attitude ; for here , whilst it was not unusual to find wedding rings and dentures in situ , there were two instances — both men — of day-clothes having been used in place of the shroud : one in military uniform , the other an octogenarian macaroni with his walking stick , sporting an outfit more suited to a man sixty years his junior , as did the coiffure of his wig . |
| 7 | She is married for the second time to a man 15 years her junior . |
| 8 | The sophistication exuded by a man twelve years her senior was no doubt part of the attraction for the Honourable Frances Roche , the daughter of the 4th Baron Fermoy , who was an 1 8-year-old debutante when they first met . |