Example sentences of "of [pron] own age " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young men of my own age twirling their canes , pushing into one another sideways , tilting one another 's hats , made me angry — was it because they at least had achieved contentment , and I only contempt ? |
| 2 | When we moved some six years later to a small town again , in Berkshire , I found I was more competent in the three Rs than any other school child of my own age . |
| 3 | In effect I 'd cut myself off from other kids of my own age . |
| 4 | After my mother died he decided to stay on and make a living hunting , so I 've grown up here with Annamese boys and girls of my own age . |
| 5 | There was a boy there of my own age and we got drunk together at the far end of a room with a bottle of martini . |
| 6 | It was fortunate that I had a good friend of my own age , also called Wanda : we relished being gloomy together . |
| 7 | " I mean friends of my own age . " |
| 8 | " Because , " Alice said , " I would meet people of my own age . " |
| 9 | That wretched obsession with time which was a hallmark of my own age had not yet set in ; there were not even railway timetables to make people conform to the clock . |
| 10 | The second was , that the grave time-ruptures of my own age , produced by the damage done to space-time , were sending their ripples backwards . |
| 11 | My mates think he 's too young for me and that I should find someone of my own age . |
| 12 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |
| 13 | The Girls dared each other to go out with boys of their own age : after all they had to find out what a ‘ French kiss ’ entailed . |
| 14 | Little wonder , really , that right now the two of them are looking for the time of their life with someone of their own age . |
| 15 | segregation of the elderly in bungalows … and flats … cuts them off from neighbours other than people of their own age and accentuated their isolation . |
| 16 | One of the most striking results of the research was that young people have identified a lack of educational programmes , as well as of programmes that examine the emotions , affections , sexuality and identity of people of their own age group . |
| 17 | If a health status question asks people to rate their health in comparison to others of their own age the pattern of age-related change in responses does not materialize . |
| 18 | A course available specifically designed for their needs at which they will meet others of their own age is an added incentive . |
| 19 | Such interaction was also viewed positively by Contact 's senior personnel , as they were aware that most of the group 's 22 male and 14 female members , one of whom was black , were unable to meet people of their own age outside the centres . |
| 20 | Although girls may be understandably reluctant to expose themselves to the stares and comments of other girls and boys , their views and experiences of contraception and motherhood could be very relevant and helpful to others of their own age who are still at school . |
| 21 | There is a large list of local YOC groups and a major presence in schools ( in the form of school groups and regular mailings of newsletters and posters to teachers ) , allowing members a local involvement in conservation and fun with approved leaders and other members of their own age . |
| 22 | In the second session they reflected on how they could be a ‘ John the Baptist ’ for those of their own age group within the diocese and also in their parish . |
| 23 | Foster , who won the international competition in 1984 , calls his a ‘ calm and classical building ’ which suggests ‘ ways in which the new can relate to the old , can pay respect but can also speak of its own age with integrity and without pastiche ’ . |
| 24 | She really talked as if I were a woman friend of her own age , her confidante . |
| 25 | Penelope , however , it had to be acknowledged , had made no attempt to rise above the blow she had been dealt by finding a dazzling girl of her own age favoured over herself in her uncle 's will . |
| 26 | ‘ No one in particular , but I thought she 'd have been better off with a chap of her own age who would have wanted her to carry on where she was . |
| 27 | For what would my daughter do alone , a single woman of sixty-two , without relatives of her own age , without children , without memories ? |
| 28 | The party was a lively affair , with the young girl surrounded by people of her own age . |
| 29 | If she tends to dominate children of her own age and push them round , try to arrange for her to play with older children who will have no trouble in holding their own . |
| 30 | For example , a girl of fourteen may reckon that she is old enough to go camping abroad or inter-state with an assorted group of friends of her own age . |