Example sentences of "a young [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Tennant ( 1725–1810 ) , the father of the family , is thought to have been a witness to the baptism of Robert Burns , and it was he who joined the poet 's father , William Burness , in hiring a young school teacher for their sons at Alloway . |
| 2 | That does not , however , necessarily justify such a wallow from a young choreographer . |
| 3 | When I was a young houseman I — well , enjoyed a hectic love-life . |
| 4 | Robert Alcorn , a young sculptor/model-maker employed by the museum under the auspices of the Manpower Services Commission , has also produced resin models of prehistoric amphibians and reptiles ( including the rhyncosaur left ) . |
| 5 | A YOUNG cancer victim whose mother refused him treatment because he was too weak will be at home for the Christmas he thought he would never see . |
| 6 | THE father of a young cancer victim has written a book which he hopes will offer comfort and help to the parents of children suffering from brain tumours . |
| 7 | THUGS attacked and robbed a young cancer victim as he played on his new mountain bike . |
| 8 | A 16 year old who spoke at a Young Enterprise presentation admitted that he was not much of a public speaker and that he had become disaffected with school where he had ‘ failed ’ regularly . |
| 9 | Sunderland-company Food For Thought have been presented with a Young Enterprise of the Year award at a luncheon in London . |
| 10 | ( 27 March 1770 ) Then in Florence they met and befriended a young violinist , Thomas Linley ( 1756–1778 ) ( PLATE III ) |
| 11 | A murder inquiry 's underway after the death of a young footballer . |
| 12 | A murder inquiry 's underway after the death of a young footballer . |
| 13 | A murder inquiry 's underway after the death of a young footballer . |
| 14 | A murder inquiry 's underway after the death of a young footballer . |
| 15 | A semi-finalist in the event was a young Canadian , Ben Johnson . |
| 16 | One such was Nicholas Winton , a young stockbroker set apart from his colleagues by his radical views . |
| 17 | A YOUNG Italian , Hugo Zuccarelli , has used a modern technology to improve the 100-year-old system of stereo sound . |
| 18 | The hotel is run by a young Italian and his English wife who offer attentive service . |
| 19 | One of these friends was a young Italian , David Riccio . |
| 20 | Martin Frears from Cheltenham was arrested in Lugano while trying to de-program a young Italian man . |
| 21 | We got change for a £5 note from a young taxi driver recently . |
| 22 | I did not start on my own — a young neighbour was selling children 's garments she bought from a warehouse . |
| 23 | Jim Perrin passes on words of wisdom to a young neighbour |
| 24 | A young noblewoman , a widow on a journey to her late husband 's grave , but the King came and saw her . |
| 25 | ( At Taï , a young chimpanzee will often harass its mother in order to use her tools , to eat her fruit or to sit on her branch . ) |
| 26 | ‘ All you can see is a bleeding bald head , ’ said a young mum in south Wales . |
| 27 | A YOUNG mum who abandoned her baby son on a village footpath got the boy back yesterday . |
| 28 | A YOUNG mum was brutally knifed to death just moments after taking her five year-old daughter to school yesterday . |
| 29 | FEARS mounted last night for a young mum who vanished with her estranged husband after a row . |
| 30 | Yes , yes , but you know , it well to me , the mind boggles that a young mum can make a fuss over a television programme , it really does . |