Example sentences of "young [adv] [prep] be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Borg and Lloyd , ghosts from the ‘ Love Match ’ of long ago , were reported as having lost to a pair of teenagers young enough to be their sons . |
| 2 | But most men of her acquaintance were in uniform now , and having the time of their lives , she should n't wonder , with girls young enough to be their own daughters . |
| 3 | She could almost hear the tick of its works , that and the beat of her heart ; for , if Rab was young enough to be her son , then her husband was old enough to be her father . |
| 4 | He looked young enough to be her son . |
| 5 | ‘ Madam ’ : a barefoot young woman with a paintbrush in her hand , dressed in shorts and flimsy tee-shirt , young enough to be her daughter . |
| 6 | As a toddler she filled in concentric circles provided for her amusement by her father 's youngest brother , young enough to be her own big brother . |
| 7 | Having a boyfriend or husband who is young enough to be your son can still raise a few eyebrows and set tongues wagging but , as these couples prove , love conquers all — even a 30-year age gap |
| 8 | If you return to a ‘ young ’ industry such as catering , retail or banking , he or she could be young enough to be your own child ! |
| 9 | After all , the situation bulges with seedy potential : a man about to have sex with a girl young enough to be his daughter is suddenly forced to pose as her father . |
| 10 | After a week or two 's good behaviour Nigel began to feel the need to prove to himself that he could pick up a genuine , bona-fide amateur about the same age as Caroline — someone young enough to be his daughter , in other words . |
| 11 | Contemporaneous reports claim that the vocal stylist has ‘ fallen for a gorgeous dark-haired student , young enough to be his daughter . ’ |
| 12 | For the first time he felt awkward with this tall girl who was young enough to be his daughter , and he wished he had warned Mrs Deacon what to expect . |
| 13 | the Plaza with a frizzy-haired girl young enough to be his great-granddaughter . |
| 14 | A girl young enough to be his daughter ! |
| 15 | Sergeant Underhill , recently promoted , looked young enough to be his son . |