Example sentences of "young [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They at once set about lighting candles and lanterns and almost immediately found the body of their beautiful young mistress at the bottom of the main staircase . |
| 2 | Robert Fleck , Chelsea 's £2.1 million signing , scored his third goal of the season to steal the glory , but the clutch of young talent at the club deserve wider recognition . |
| 3 | The young corporal at the bolt-hole grinned and raised his thumb in a gesture that meant the same the world over . |
| 4 | There was the fact that Profumo , who was in the Cabinet as War Minister , had met this young lady at the Cliveden home of the Astor family , encouraged by the head of the family , to whom it was also alleged Miss Keeler had granted her favours . |
| 5 | With a nervous swallow he bearded the formidable young lady at the desk at the head of the room : she had always struck him as the sort of librarian who would prefer to see all the desks in her domain empty and all the books permanently under lock and key . |
| 6 | I don' think er that women mind at all , I do n't think that that people in general really take that much notice of it , I mean I personally er have no objection or would not try and dissuade these gentlemen from wearing these things , but I personally would never wear one , and one of the reasons I would never wear one is apart from maybe two cases there you can always tell , and I think the thing is that when I would feel very uncomfortable walking down the street and everyo I 'd feel that everyone was there going wig , wig and the other thing is , there 's a young lady at the back there made a very valid point , er |
| 7 | It passed us then , a very battered American car with a young Indian at the wheel . |
| 8 | If Balbinder was bussed to Cedars every day she would be effectively cut off from any real involvement in her children 's schooling , and from an important part of her own role within the community as the mother of a young child at the local school . |
| 9 | ‘ What happened to the other one , who was only a young child at the time ? ’ |
| 10 | This story about an ageing monarch was considered quite unsuitable for the young Queen at the start of her reign . |
| 11 | In this case , the aim is not to collect mundane detail for its own sake — to say what it was like to be a Young Conservative at the time of the fieldwork in the early 1980s . |
| 12 | Worthington 's optimism has been heightened by the emergence of a bright new star in Michael Hughes , the first true successor to Pat Jennings in Tommy Wright and a young colossus at the back in Gerry Taggart . |
| 13 | If you had been a young person at the beginning of this century , you may have been in ‘ in service ’ , working as a maid or servant for a wealthy family . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's the young woman at the bus stop , the check-out girl at the supermarket , the clerk at the building society . |
| 15 | On February 28 , a man walking along the beach at Reculver , between Herne Bay and Margate , found the body of a young woman at the high tide mark . |
| 16 | A stockbroker looking at Vermeer 's ‘ Portrait of a Young Woman at the Met ’ suddenly finds himself alongside another woman whose face resembles the painting . |
| 17 | Her frantic mind recalled the young woman at the docks , and she was not surprised that he adored her . |
| 18 | Turning , she smiled at the young woman at the counter . |
| 19 | ‘ Can I help you ? ’ asked the young receptionist at the desk . |
| 20 | The young private at the wheel let out a gasp of surprise . |
| 21 | The young man at the far end of the loom glanced at Maggie , and for an instant their eyes locked . |
| 22 | Eachuinn Odhar turned to glare ; then , his face changing to incredulous welcome , abruptly pushed back through the crowd towards a young man at the foot of the stair , newly washed and shaved , tall and striking in his best breacan-feile , a clean white cloth over his eyes ; led by a little girl . |
| 23 | ‘ There were a young man at the door after church , ’ Ellen said . |
| 24 | Cato the Censor fought as a very young man at the battle of the Metaurus where Hasdrubal had been heavily supported by Gaulish troops . |
| 25 | Buffy was a young man at the time , just setting out on the journey of life , if you know what I mean . |
| 26 | But that performance and the world record before the war inspired one young spectator at the White City , Roger Bannister , who was to run the first four-minute mile nine years later , and set off a string of British world record breakers , Derek Ibbotson , Sebastian Coe , Steve Ovett and Steve Cram . |
| 27 | ‘ We really get our fill of Hilary Frome from young Pickerage at the moment , ’ he said . |
| 28 | A young officer at the foot of the table made the objection plaintively , and Jenjin sneered . |
| 29 | The chap who had been kind enough to get me my pint said , ‘ I was only a young chap at the time but I remember him well . |