Example sentences of "a young [noun] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the top of the cart , as if resting on a bed of cushions , a young boy with breeches cut high above the knee lay fast asleep . |
| 2 | After a while they kidnap and murder a young boy for kicks , bashing him over the head with a blunt instrument . |
| 3 | It was during this period that a young buyer for Adidas based in Liverpool ( but originally from Yorkshire ) set up shop in a small back-street in Liverpool City Centre . |
| 4 | A YOUNG panel of judges will tour the Merseyside Maritime Museum this morning . |
| 5 | ‘ Only there is a young lady as lodges with me , who asks me every day what Mrs Browning writes and is eager to know for she announces she lives for your poetry . ’ |
| 6 | Severe sore throats persisting more than a day or two in a young child without signs of improvement . |
| 7 | With his experience of the world he was now a young man among kids . |
| 8 | Outside stood a young man in oilskins , the hood blowing back from a soaking tangle of brown hair blackened by the rain , and one hand gripping a duffel bag . |
| 9 | There had been long , bewildering visits from the school attendance officer , from the child welfare people , the police , a probation officer , the police again , a young wife with tears and an older one with a bread knife , and the police yet again . |
| 10 | A knock at the door this morning turned out to be a young girl in floods of tears , asking for me . |
| 11 | My space was shared with a girl going to Juliaca , holding a large cardboard box on her lap , and a young family of campesinos . |
| 12 | The Sorrel Quartet , a young group of musicians who have played all over the world , were joined by violist Roger Bigley , a founder member of the Lindsay Quartet , to play two Mozart String Quintets , No 1 in B flat , K174 , and No 4 in G minor , K516 . |
| 13 | The transverse flute was an instrument Jacques knew and heard performed from a young age by players such as Pierre Pièche , the first to hold the position of solo flute at the Academie Royale de Musique . |
| 14 | Comrade Yu our local interpreter is a young woman with pigtails and who is constantly breaking into smiles and laughs , especially when we try out our broken Chinese on her from time to time . |
| 15 | Emyard 's influence on a young woman from Tours , Emilie Tamisier ( 1834–1910 ) , that gave her the inspiration to dedicate herself to the salvation of society through the Eucharist . |
| 16 | We go in search of the Editori del Grifo , a young team of publishers said to have moved from Rome back home to Montepulciano as a vote of confidence in the old place ; they have moved again , however , and we have run out of the steam needed to look for their new office . |
| 17 | Producing a young horse without problems is difficult . |
| 18 | She is very pleasant and helpful , and also Comrade Yu , a young teacher with plaits who looks after us in Sian and acts as interpreter . |
| 19 | Father Boyle stopped the car to talk to a young mechanic in overalls . |
| 20 | He is a young player with loads of confidence and ability and although he did n't produce is usual form yesterday he still will be very much in the Games plans . |