Example sentences of "young man he be " in BNC.
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| 1 | What a really charming young man he is . ’ |
| 2 | As a young man he was cursed with a dreadful stammer , and to help combat it he became a club singer , not easy under the best of circumstances . |
| 3 | Yet , curiously , when Philip himself was a young man he was not so concerned about the ‘ dignity of the Crown ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ But as a teenager and a young man he was more interested in the women . |
| 5 | As a young man he was employed in a draper 's shop and as a chemist 's assistant ; he then emigrated to South Africa , where he worked as an assayer in Johannesburg . |
| 6 | From an early age Gimson 's interest in buildings was obsessive ; as a young man he was quoted as saying ‘ I am thinking of architecture all the time I am awake . ’ |
| 7 | As a young man he was a charming and lively companion , and it was said of him that ‘ a person more invariably gentle , kind , considerate and affectionate , did not exist . ’ |
| 8 | Er two bedrooms , it was a number sixty six Street in those days , there were new houses built on where it is now , I have n't been into Palfry for years but er there were five houses in the row , there was a family named at one end , there was us my nan of course we were next to , next to us was Mrs , a Mr and Mrs , and then er that was one side of the entry the other side of the entry was a family named , they had quite a large family , there was er two or three of those married Mrs and then er then Mrs they were all relatives , cos there was no such thing as overcrowding in those days you got as many in as you could you see , there was , another was Mr and Mrs she was a daughter of Mrs there was Mrs and Mrs she was another daughter of Mrs , and then er there were , there was a , a young man he was a son of Mrs , the were I think show people originally cos they were a bit anyhow there were five houses down the yard we had n't got running water in the sink , we had a , a big stone pump pipe in at the bottom of the entry we all had to go and draw out our own drinking water from this one standpipe . |