Example sentences of "younger [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — Mind , if I was fifty years younger I 'd be after him myself ! — A right charmer and no mistake ! ’ |
| 2 | When I was younger I thought I was fat , even though I was actually skinny , looking at photos . |
| 3 | When I was younger I was often upset by criticism and innuendo but I learnt that if you become involved with this kind of thing it will end up by gnawing you away . |
| 4 | But if I had been given the chance when I was younger I might easily have made a mistake and gone for good looks and he might have turned out to be Old Nick to live with . |
| 5 | When I was much younger I did take chances from time to time and can recall more than one close shave . |
| 6 | When I was younger I had a sort of affinity with Peter O'Toole , but I did n't mix with actors much . |
| 7 | When I was younger I hated having red hair . |
| 8 | Where was the little girl , or er younger I do n't want to make up because , but now I feeling I 'm aged it , I should be wearing some make up here , with just a feeling we should be , when I look in the mirror oh its getting old so |
| 9 | In some places it may even be an improvement , and of course if only I was years younger I would be thrilled at the challenge . |
| 10 | ‘ If she was younger I 'd 'ave smacked 'er arse . |
| 11 | When I was younger I used to have fantasies about saving the house by building a dam . |
| 12 | I was just six then , and while Blyth knew that I had had some sort of little accident when I was much younger I certainly seemed to him to be a lot more able-bodied that he was . |
| 13 | Yeah , ah well erm when I was younger I used to watch dad so when he put his seeds out I used to erm get the erm erm erm , spade and sort of keep digging them up , se seeds up |
| 14 | the younger I think , yeah |
| 15 | I 've now retired but I was a lawyer , a solicitor , and er I enjoyed doing that and er when I was a lot younger I had lots of er friends who er were all interested in the theatre , and some of them went into it professionally and some er some stuck with the amateur world as I did . |
| 16 | Children get a lot out of them , much younger I think than most people assume , but I would also like to see changes in the organization of work for both men and women to make possible much more flexibility . |
| 17 | I 've erm when Amanda and Claire were younger I bought a milk shake thing from |
| 18 | And I think and perhaps when I was younger I used to buy it for Derek , but I would n't go there now , no . |
| 19 | Hoping this finds you as it leaves me we are none of us getting any younger Yours Sincerely Fred Bottomley . |
| 20 | The chances of getting infection are greater , the younger you are , and if you have more than one sexual partner . |
| 21 | He is convinced that the adage — the younger you are , the better you learn — is not true . |
| 22 | As a general rule , the younger you are , the more likely you are to benefit from changing over to the full rate . |
| 23 | The younger you get a bird of prey the better , really — eight weeks is an ideal age . |
| 24 | The younger you are , the smaller the reduction . |
| 25 | Why not appoint him or her ? that may be sensible , the younger you are , the more sensible it is . |
| 26 | The younger you are , the more likely you are to tell the truth . |
| 27 | The younger you were in a family , it seemed to her , the harder it was to convince your parents that you were growing up . |
| 28 | ‘ The younger you are and the more skilled you are , the better chance you have of getting another job . |
| 29 | The person was older than me and he 's a bit higher up the rank than me and it 's all about it probably comes with experience he 's to stand for yourself really but it 's when you 're our age and a bit younger you do n't want to be seen to be rocking the boat if there 's something that 's going on that you do n't agree with but you 're asked to do something that you do n't want to do valid reasons you have n't got the time or it 's not really up to you to do it |
| 30 | When you were younger you 'd |