Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [that] young [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I met that young man Billy Sullivan in the park the other day , ’ Annie said casually , wanting to glean some information about him . |
| 2 | Might I suggest that young George should use his opportunity to put his expensive university education towards a greater purpose than the expansion of his wallet . |
| 3 | Mrs Coates came up with the idea when she realised that young people were finding their way into adult bars or congregating in the streets . |
| 4 | About two thirds of the men but less than half of the women answered " yes " to the question , " Do you think that young men should have some sexual experience before marriage ? " — a slightly larger figure than that of those claiming such experience — while a quarter of the men and half of the women replied , " no " . |
| 5 | ‘ Rachel — are you seeing that young playboy Radcliffe again ? ’ |
| 6 | Excuse me are you saying that Young Guns is not suitable for people under eighteen ? |
| 7 | She argues that young children 's cognitive and linguistic abilities can be seen at their best in situations involving intentions , motives , or purposes — situations which make human sense . |
| 8 | From this question we discovered that young men are more likely to regard being like their friends in behaviour and appearance and physical attributes as important , whereas young women are more likely to value qualities in the personality of their friends , like honesty , cheerfulness and so on . |
| 9 | We believe that young people should be free to choose between college , work-based training and sixth form studies . |
| 10 | Student leaders say they fear that young people could be brainwashed by the organisation . |
| 11 | They found that young mothers seemed to give health visitors a more idealized version of how they treated their babies than the account they gave to Elizabeth Newson , who was not seen to have any authority over them . |
| 12 | In my own study it seemed that young women are becoming more critical of ‘ traditional ’ gender roles , but young men are not . |
| 13 | Mr Allan admitted keeping houses secure was a problem and said it seemed that young children were to blame for most of the damage and fires in the street . |
| 14 | Cowley climbed into the back of the car , then leaned out the window to add , ‘ It seems that young Mayli has already located Colonel Lin Foh 's new hotel . |
| 15 | It seems that young women fear having the terms applied to them ( by men and also by one another ) , and they police their self-presentation and sexual behaviour to avoid being labelled slags . |
| 16 | It continued at Mr John Eames 's Moorfields Dissenting Academy in London , but it seems that young Howard did not take readily to formal learning and to the end of his life he remained only indifferently literate . |
| 17 | It seems that young heterosexuals still think the disease is something that happens to others . |
| 18 | It means that young people , instead of staying in their home town or village , have to stay with their friends or relatives or move to bigger places like Newcastle or Gateshead and that means more people on the waiting list . ’ |
| 19 | He argues that young gelada males , living in all-male groups , suffer from sexual deprivation . |