Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] at the age " in BNC.
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1 | According to the Shaka'ik biography of Mehmed Sah , the latter was appointed to that medrese at the age of eighteen ( Mecdi gives seventeen ) ; and it is clear from that account that Fahreddin Acemi was his muid at the time of his first lesson . |
2 | It was at this salon at the age of fifteen and a half , working for a day 's wages of £1 plus tips , that she came in contact with Justin de Villeneuve , the man who suggested she should pose for some photographs and who later was to become her mentor . |
3 | The funeral 's taken place in Orkney of the former Liberal leader , Lord Grimond , who died earlier this week at the age of eighty . |
4 | The funeral 's taken place in Orkney of the former Liberal leader , Lord Grimond , who died earlier this week at the age of eighty . |
5 | there 'll be a minutes silence before that cup match tomorrow in memory of Gloucester club secretary Terry Tandy who died this week at the age of 57 … he served the club for twenty five years … he was a cherry and white through and through |
6 | John Chope , retired this year at the age of 65 — after 52 year 's service with the RNLI . |
7 | He had posed for that portrait at the age of twenty-two ; a year later he was in the Crimea . |
8 | Women who have worked all their adult lives and paid full Class 1 contributions should get a full basic pension in their own right at the age of 60 . |
9 | She was born , and christened Roberta Anne Penrose , in Melbourne , Australia , nearly thirty-three years ago , but left that country at the age of five to accompany her parents to England . |