Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] the young [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bus went out of control in the centre of Oxford , crossed a pedestrian island and pinned the young woman , under the wheel . |
| 2 | Lady Isabella went forward and grasped the young priest 's hand . |
| 3 | He had seen Tommy Allen sitting in the dining rooms that morning and noticed the young man exchange a few words with her before he left . |
| 4 | She swung round rather abruptly , and recognised the young man as one of the detective constables who had been haunting the Lodge all day . |
| 5 | It does relate , however , that Tawell retained Sara Hart 's services after his wife 's death and rewarded the young lady with a second child . |
| 6 | Behind him , two men in long overcoats stepped out from the shadow of a doorway and watched the young man turn to the left again , heading up the main backstreet that led to Joseph Hyde 's flat . |
| 7 | Suddenly she put her arms out and pulled the young girl to her ; and when Jessie 's sobs rose she warned her quickly , ‘ Be quiet ! |
| 8 | Dorcas gently grabbed Sacco 's ear and pulled the young nome towards him . |
| 9 | Vashinov laughed , and as he brought Vera to a climax with one hand he took his cigarette from his lips with the other and burnt the young officer 's left cheek with its glowing end . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess . |
| 12 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess staring at them . |
| 13 | A few days later , Grace McNeil , who had just lost a much-loved Rough Collie and had been sent to us by her vet , came and took the young male , Robbie . |
| 14 | In one stride he crossed the bar , and had the young man 's collar in one hand , the other knotted into a fist beneath his jaw . |
| 15 | Within the lively political and religious life of Leicester in the 1820s and 1830s the Baptist Mursells , father and son , shaped a commitment to missionary work and its support , antislavery and political liberalism and launched the young Congregationalist Edward Miall on his notable career in journalism and reformist religious politics . |