Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [prep] the young " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gaveston looked at the young page boy standing near him , a goblet of wine in his small white hands . |
| 2 | Breathing heavily Emilia stared at the younger woman as though bereft of all hope that she might be understood . |
| 3 | Still , if Brahms knew his Rheinberger , what this CD makes clear is how well Rheinberger knew his Brahms , who stands over theses String Quartets , as Beethoven did over the young Brahms himself , only much more obviously : there are echoes of Brahms in the textures , the themes , the passage-work , the construction . |
| 4 | McGovern appealed to the young , anti-war , reforming wing , while the hardened professionals would have preferred a " safe " candidate like Hubert Humphrey . |
| 5 | Outside , Tallis called for the young hunter and Scathach called back , emerging from the children 's lodge . |
| 6 | Hankin said of the young midfielder , who can also play in defence : ‘ It is a big opportunity for the lad in front of a crowd of 13,000 or 14,000 . |
| 7 | Richard Langton stared at the young girl before him . |
| 8 | Lady Mary smiled at the young man as he doffed his topper to her , and walked her horse on , uncertain for a moment of her guest 's identity . |
| 9 | Kirov looked at the young Lieutenant who stood framed in the portal , regarding him uncertainly . |
| 10 | ‘ Gentleman ’ was applied to , for example , the cadets of eminent families : thus four of the £100 assessments in Rutland belonged to the younger brothers and sisters of Francis Brown , Esq. , of Little Casterton . |
| 11 | Christina glanced at the young boys squabbling over the ball . |
| 12 | Mr Berkley glanced at the young man beside him . |
| 13 | Wycliffe looked at the young man and wondered how much longer he could carry on . |
| 14 | George smiled at the younger man . |
| 15 | The treaty of Brest-Litovsk , which the military superiority of Germany forced upon the young Soviet State at the end of the year , revealed the limits of its power : ‘ The past keeps fast hold of us , ’ Lenin observed gloomily at the 8th Party Congress , ‘ grasps us with a thousand tentacles , and does not allow us to take a single forward step , or compels us to take these steps badly . ’ |
| 16 | Samantha returned with the youngest Pargeter , leaving a flurry of disappointed pigeons . |