Example sentences of "a young [noun sg] 's [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past , when his thoughts had turned to it as a young boy 's thoughts will , his body had n't followed his mind . |
| 2 | A young care-leaver 's chances of being made a housing priority vary from one in three in Scotland to one in four in a London borough or metropolitan authority , to only one in eight in the South of England . |
| 3 | He then made the following comments , from his own observation ; it is the privilege of later generations to make a moral evaluation of a young man 's opinions . |
| 4 | For these people the marriage adverts acted as a kind of mail-order lifeline : from deepest Nagpur or Ujjain , a young man 's credentials could be easily brought before the eyes of an anxious Mama in Chelsea or Kensington . |
| 5 | What could she know , about a young girl 's dreams |
| 6 | The eyes are a young woman 's eyes , Miss Cress observed , bright , shrewd . |
| 7 | Suddenly he was in the enemy 's trench and staring down into a young German 's eyes , a terrified boy even younger than himself . |
| 8 | If the weight of figures — not to mention that of a young nation 's hopes and dreams — threatened to submerge this crisp-cutting , inordinately patient , technically impeccable batsman , there was precious little to submerge . |