Example sentences of "young enough [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Popular with older men marrying women in their twenties — still young enough to be entitled to a proper send-off . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Contemporaneous reports claim that the vocal stylist has ‘ fallen for a gorgeous dark-haired student , young enough to be his daughter . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He looked young enough to be her son . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | the Plaza with a frizzy-haired girl young enough to be his great-granddaughter . |
| 11 | A girl young enough to be his daughter ! |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ No , ’ Anna said with complete honesty to Tim , her supervisor , who was certainly young enough to be Tim , her son , ‘ I know absolutely nothing about facings . ’ |
| 15 | Some years ago , IBM bought into the videodisk business only to withdraw after it was tweaked by the press for backing a recording that purported to explain healthful massage but actually featured the kind of body rubbing one would n't show to anyone young enough to be dramatically influenced , Woody Allen 's romantic inclinations notwithstanding . |
| 16 | You 're young enough to be dramatic about everything . " |
| 17 | She was flattered that Grace considered her young enough to be ordered about . |
| 18 | • Set limits while she 's still young enough to be cooperative . |
| 19 | Sergeant Underhill , recently promoted , looked young enough to be his son . |
| 20 | The duty officer was DC Holman , a local man , young enough to be ambitious and anxious to make the most of this chance to work with the crime squad . |
| 21 | The boys were growing up so fast , but they were still young enough to be intensely impatient at any delay in the opening of the presents , and Dad must have worked hard this morning to persuade them to wait . |
| 22 | Her object , a northern Irish succentor who looked , in spite of his beard , young enough to be one of his own choir boys , smiled back at her with real warmth . |
| 23 | ‘ Madam ’ : a barefoot young woman with a paintbrush in her hand , dressed in shorts and flimsy tee-shirt , young enough to be her daughter . |
| 24 | Not content with blackguarding him in the columns of the local rag , him and his silly daughter 's bum , the one-time Chief Citizen of the Borough had been up to no good with a girl young enough to be Grace 's sister , and in the Grand Hotel , and at a Conservative Party conference of all places . |
| 25 | They were computerized , all young enough to be looking for promotion and supposedly as mean as hell . |
| 26 | At that time they say the Apaches were forever raiding the little pueblos and carrying off whatever they needed , clothes , weapons , some women and sometimes boys young enough to be brought up Apache-style . |
| 27 | In fact , that 's probably what makes her so desirable , the fact that she 's young enough to be moulded into whatever you think she ought to be — ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | you 're young enough to be so impressed by it . |