Example sentences of "she was [adj] [noun] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 His wife 's name was Sarah ; she was five years his junior , and she predeceased him by ten months .
2 He had a young wife who , although she was thirty years his junior , loved him dearly or , at any rate , behaved as if she did .
3 Despite the age gap — she was twenty-six years his junior — they had twenty years of extremely happy marriage .
4 She was busy stuffing our cupboards , the fridge and the freezer with the food and supplies she had brought from the town .
5 She was some years his junior , not pretty , but personable enough , with brown hair , neatly dressed and a good figure .
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