Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun sg] at [art] age " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his student days , he had been careful never to become involved in any radical movements , had joined the Komosol at the age of sixteen and become a card-carrying Party member before his 21st birthday . |
| 2 | She entered the convent at the age of eighteen , at the wish of her Parents , and took the veil the following year . |
| 3 | Paula entered the factory at the age of 17 after finishing secondary school and found that her wage was so low , she was forced to work exceptionally long hours , from 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 pm . |
| 4 | In spite of her fears for her health , she was remarkably energetic ( she climbed the Matterhorn at the age of forty-eight ) . |
| 5 | Alan Litt , of Mitredale Close , Red Lonning , who joined the Company at the age of 15 as an apprentice overlooker . |
| 6 | Mr Miller , the son of a lifelong Barclays employee , joined the bank at the age of 16 . |
| 7 | But the enthusiasm which burned inside Imre Pozsgay when he joined the party at the age of 17 has been extinguished by the bitter experiences of the past 40 years . |
| 8 | At her first Wimbledon in 1887 , now an athletic figure of middle height with jet-black hair , she successfully challenged the holder , Blanche Bingley , to win the title at the age of fifteen years and ten months . |
| 9 | The former Manchester United player has decided to quit the game at the age of 20 despite overcoming a knee injury which threatened a once-promising cross-channel career . |
| 10 | But Baccy never used a curse word , nor did he ever take the briar pipe out of his mouth despite having abandoned the tobacco habit on joining the church at the age of eighteen . |
| 11 | In view of the growing international concern about the use of children and young people in various conflicts , especially in third-world countries , how on earth can the Minister possibly justify a situation in this country whereby a young lad can join the Army at the age of 16 , or in some cases at the age of 15 , but if he changes his mind and wants to leave after serving more than six months he can not do so and is forced to continue in the armed services until the age of 21 ? |
| 12 | Hick reached the figure at the age of 27 years and 20 days to beat the previous record of 28 years and 13 days achieved by Wally Hammond in July 1931 . |
| 13 | Marshall has made an almost mapped-out rise since he began playing the game at the age of eight at his father 's club at Kegworth . |
| 14 | When he wrote The Childhood at the age of thirty-five , Thomas associated this sudden interest in poetry with a sex-stirred liking for a ‘ tall thin freckled girl of about my own age with good rather large features , dark hair and grey eyes , and an austere expression ’ . |
| 15 | After leaving the army at the age of 50 he worked for the Home Office in London , before moving back to Richmond in 1989 . |
| 16 | On leaving the Institution at the age of 18 , he became interested in church work through the influence of a Rev. Mansfield Owen whose cousin was Pearce 's boyhood deaf friend . |
| 17 | Mrs Grove-Stephensen is leaving the post at the age of 60 and is looking forward to having more time to devote to church work . |