Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] the young [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pamela asked the young girl on the reception desk , speaking very slowly since she clearly spoke very little English . |
| 2 | It was in the rose gardens that Annie McCafferty met the young ex-boxer one fine , crisp morning when the buds were appearing and trees were coming into leaf . |
| 3 | Holmes stopped the young man for a minute . |
| 4 | It is an amazing turnaround as , back in 1986 , Arsenal let the young Keown go when contract talks failed after they refused to pay him a mere £50-a-week more . |
| 5 | Maggie noticed the young man she 'd been thrown against had a watch . |
| 6 | They had gone all over the place ; peeking into the Oval Office ( but the little rope was across , Hakim said ) ; stopping on the stairs to look at a picture called The Canine Cabinet , in which North pointed out a drowsing member and said it was Casey ; and into the Roosevelt Room , where North showed the young Iranian the Nobel Prize won by Theodore Roosevelt for negotiating peace between the Russians and the Japanese . |
| 7 | Despite his lingering feeling of resentment , Zen watched the young magistrate with an almost fatherly tenderness . |
| 8 | Nick Stanton examined the young girl , who clasped her school satchel nervously . |
| 9 | Fearnley Whittingstall asked the young butcher if he would recognise the man again . |
| 10 | Meryl followed the young detective constable to the library door with a sick feeling in her stomach . |
| 11 | Galileo came upon Ricci teaching the young pages about Euclid and was at once entranced . |
| 12 | The popular myth paints a homely picture of the Queen Mother ducking around Diana as she schooled her in the subtle arts of royal protocol while the Queen 's senior lady-in-waiting , Lady Susan Hussey took the young woman aside for tuition in regal history . |
| 13 | Manchester United registered an astonishing double for the second year running as Welsh whizz-kid Ryan Giggs won the Young Player of the Year title . |
| 14 | Daniel followed the young sailor into the room . |
| 15 | The following evening Sam introduced the young fellow to a ‘ lady ’ who lived in Coburg Street . |
| 16 | Mr Dowling took the young Morrison under his wing as a ‘ kind of PA ’ , giving him the benefit of his own wide experience in all aspects of the profession — ‘ something that would just not be practical nowadays ’ . |
| 17 | Fishing was the latest accomplishment which Miles thought the young executive should not be without . |
| 18 | Athelstan watched the young man intently . |
| 19 | After a few minutes , Boltwood told the young man to centre his mind on healing the illness . |
| 20 | Nuadu knew the young man was already lost . |
| 21 | Mrs Hartridge teaches the young 'uns and Mr Bush the old 'uns . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Dhuoda and Nithard wrote at the very beginning of Charles the Bald 's reign : Nithard believed the young king showed promise , Dhuoda that this generation of Carolingians were predestined by God to rule , and with His help would shine forth in their success . |
| 24 | Dorian Gray shook hands with Lord Henry , and while they talked , Lord Henry studied the young man . |
| 25 | The Scots were allowed to escape , and Sir Thomas Gray of Heton portrayed the young Edward III in tears after such a humiliating failure . |