Example sentences of "[vb past] the young " in BNC.
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| 31 | In Bristol the Wills family got the young William Butterfield , a relation through marriage , to design Highbury Chapel . |
| 32 | He who led the young men [ Ollokot ] is dead . |
| 33 | Who knows why he attacked the young constable ? |
| 34 | Solicitously he helped the young nun to mount , muttering under his breath about how certain clerks seemed to turn up when they were least expected or wanted . |
| 35 | So this weekend we have two trainers racing for the big prize … who will win … which is best … our expert Terry Biddlecombe knows all … he rode with David Nicholson … then helped the young Twisdton davies as a jockey |
| 36 | Later , when like a waking nightmare , the business was over and he was once again sitting in the cab , Mr Beecham leant towards him and said , ‘ If you will excuse us we will be returning straight to Newcastle , ’ and paused before adding , ‘ Sir Joseph , ’ which remark drew the young man 's attention to him . |
| 37 | As his chauffeur drove him back to Blue Ash Farm in the Lincoln , he decided it was love which gave her that special glow , that sparkle , that vivacity which drew the young men round her like flies . |
| 38 | It was winter , and something of its icy strains entered the young boy 's soul , never to be forgotten . |
| 39 | She described the young man — what he was wearing , the colour of his eyes , the tattoo on his arm . |
| 40 | At Donald 's inquest the coroner , Daniel Thompson , described the young soldier 's death as an ‘ appalling attack of savagery motivated by the hatred of the past . ’ |
| 41 | A blue light sweeping across the almost empty bar caught the young face occasionally in strange shadows . |
| 42 | To my surprise , its emptiness moved me , much as the empty highchair at our family table once moved the young James Bishop . |
| 43 | Lady Isabella went forward and grasped the young priest 's hand . |
| 44 | Holmes stopped the young man for a minute . |
| 45 | But he always rated the young — the leaders and citizens of tomorrow — as the main target . |
| 46 | ‘ I 'll scream the 'ouses down ! ’ shouted the young woman . |
| 47 | In what must now rank as one of the most well worn cliches of modern football , Peter Marinello was dubbed ‘ The Scottish George Best ’ , and with predictable results , the machinery of pop music , fashion and advertising pursued the young Hibernian player as if he was guaranteed to be the next big thing . |
| 48 | He found the young man witty , intelligent and obviously devoted to Alice . |
| 49 | This made her late with the lunch , and at the table she found the young men impossible to talk to because she was trying to retain the lines of what she had prepared to say . |
| 50 | I found the young man In the kitchen . |
| 51 | He let the young man go and was relieved that the telephone rang before the Substitute could speak . |
| 52 | He let the young man out through the front door . |
| 53 | This so impressed the then president of the Canadian branch of the Anglo Jewish Association that he invited the young man , scarcely more than a boy , to be its secretary ; the start of a highly successful and very wide range of business and charitable interests . |
| 54 | Dhuoda and Nithard wrote at the very beginning of Charles the Bald 's reign : Nithard believed the young king showed promise , Dhuoda that this generation of Carolingians were predestined by God to rule , and with His help would shine forth in their success . |
| 55 | ‘ Excellent , ’ he assured the young man . |
| 56 | Similarly , in their daily practice , as in London , each SCC nominated a ‘ responsible helper ’ who first met the headteacher to discuss those juveniles who were about to leave school , and then interviewed the young people themselves and their parents . |
| 57 | ‘ Marc with a ‘ c ’ ’ , added the young man pointedly . |
| 58 | She swung round rather abruptly , and recognised the young man as one of the detective constables who had been haunting the Lodge all day . |
| 59 | It attached itself to him , and Edouard , looking down , recognised the young girl he had seen with Grégoire , pulling him back into the cottage . |
| 60 | Paige had never seen him before , but Travis 's face broke into a smile as he recognised the young man . |