Example sentences of "saw the young [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As Agnes saw the young girl hurrying from the shop her face beaming , she thought : one and six a week to make all the difference .
2 I was just going to the exit door when I saw the young girl s standing at the second bedroom , crying .
3 On the same table he saw the young king , Chief Justice Fortescue , and some of the leading nobility of the realm .
4 When next I saw the young couple together it was winter .
5 She saw the young couple lying in the big bed , fast asleep , and hurried away to tell her neighbours .
6 Out of the corner of my eye I saw the young man join Pavic 's queue .
7 She saw the young man hesitate , then veer away .
8 I saw the young man lived in Penn … . ’ 'Such dreadful things happen in families nowadays , ’ she said ( I liked ‘ nowadays ’ ) .
9 But when Siegfried drove away , the activity stopped abruptly and as I was leaving with my pockets stuffed with the equipment for my round I glanced into the sitting room and saw the young man stretched in his favourite chair .
10 ‘ The tavern wench says she saw the young man and woman who were later found murdered in the forest .
11 And when they were come into the house , they saw the young child with Mary his mother , and fell down and worshipped him ; and when they had opened their treasures , they presented unto him gifts : gold and frankincense and myrrh .
12 His grandfather , who taught him songs and ballads and regaled him with tales of his own ‘ merry ’ youth when he fought with gamekeepers , clearly saw the young poacher as a chip off the old block .
13 Becky laughed but had to wait another five days before she actually saw the young officer again .
14 Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess .
15 Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess staring at them .
16 As the sun was rising the next morning , Gabriel waited outside his hut until he saw the young woman riding up the hill .
17 He stepped back a pace , smiling broadly as he saw the young woman who stood before him , looking slightly surprised .
18 There was no sign of them in the next field , but ahead of him at the top of the hill he saw the young dog , looking black against the morning sky .
19 She turned from her and ran down the stairs and into the yard , there to stand for a moment petrified when she saw the young fellow lying on his side , the blood oozing from somewhere above his ear .
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