Example sentences of "[pers pn] had be a young " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told us : ‘ The first time I saw this lady from the Foundation for Global Unity in Canterbury , she told me I had been a young boy in one of the Balkan countries , where slaves were being used to cut down all the trees . |
| 2 | B. If you had been a young person in 1860 , like Jimmy Horsley 's great-grandfather , you might easily have been out of work . |
| 3 | If you had been a young person at the beginning of this century , you may have been in ‘ in service ’ , working as a maid or servant for a wealthy family . |
| 4 | He had been a young man when she had met him back in 1898 . |
| 5 | If he had been a young , attractive gentleman , I would have been too shy to offer help , but as he was not handsome , and even quite rough , I felt I wanted to help him . |
| 6 | He had been a young man , quite personable until someone slashed his throat . |