Example sentences of "[verb] the young [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Byrne plays the young ragamuffins ' father , Papa Riley , a former leader of the travellers who went to pieces when his beloved wife died in childbirth and now subsists on cheap whisky and stale fags in a rundown council flat while his boyos fend for themselves . |
| 2 | It might be the case that the activities of the Young Conservatives make the young people involved feel better : to use the curious language of modern psychologists , participation might improve the young members ' ’ sense of self-esteem' or ‘ actualize their inner identities ’ . |
| 3 | Henry Crabb Robinson equally perceived a party spirit at work but , noting the younger Wilberforces ' drift away from their father 's associates , defined it differently . |
| 4 | The Princess Royal , Patron , College of Occupational Therapists , opens the College 's new headquarters , Information & Study Centre at 6-8 Marshalsea Road , London SE1 ; opens the Young Designers ' Centre , The Design Council , 28 Haymarket , London SW1 ; visits the Headquarters of The Special Escort Group at their Barnes Headquarters , London SW13 ; and , this evening , attends a Banquet at the Guildhall given by the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the invention of the knitting frame by William Lee . |
| 5 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |
| 6 | Almost 20 people aged 16–25 attended the Young Persons ' Health Clinic at Park Place Health Centre when it opened for two hours on February 7 . |
| 7 | Age barriers also served to structure the young adults ' experience of the labour market . |
| 8 | Susannah Creese 's Asparagus Triptych , which won the young artists ' award , was the best thing in the show , even if it seemed hardly to be a watercolour . |
| 9 | This is because if the hutch becomes infested with maggots there is the possibility that the maggots will penetrate the young ferrets ' ears and vent , causing great distress . |
| 10 | Rejecting the younger officers ' professed greater commitment to prosecution as a ready sanction for deviance , the older staff claim they will negotiate whenever possible , contemplating the law as the ultimate response , resorted to with extreme reluctance . |