Example sentences of "[vb past] the young " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sight that met the young housewife 's eyes was appalling . |
| 2 | She never met any men until she met the young man whom I can not think of as my father . |
| 3 | It was in the rose gardens that Annie McCafferty met the young ex-boxer one fine , crisp morning when the buds were appearing and trees were coming into leaf . |
| 4 | At this time she met the young ( Sir ) Edwin Lutyens [ q.v. ] , also a native of West Surrey , and together they drove around the narrow lanes in her dogcart , sketching and photographing details that appealed to them : a buttressed wall , a patterned chimney , the angle of a building which , although the result of chance , was pleasing in design . |
| 5 | He never met the young air force crew , never even saw them , yet he has never forgotten them either . |
| 6 | Michael Fallon ( Con ) and Peter Bergg ( Lib Dem ) yesterday met the young men who will be arguing their policies at the school hustings . |
| 7 | But you just do your job ’ Severin Carrell recalls his visit to The Royal Scots in Ulster during which he met the young Scottish soldier who on Wednesday became the province 's 3,045th victim |
| 8 | The bus went out of control in the centre of Oxford , crossed a pedestrian island and pinned the young woman , under the wheel . |
| 9 | Although this incredible business trip made the young Venetian merchant the most famous of all business travellers he was not the first to trade with China . |
| 10 | I envy her her happiness — she ca n't help it shining out of her but I 'm also bitter against her for saddling me with this lot , and for changing-me from what I was : she made the young girl into a woman before her time and a bitter one at that . |
| 11 | This time they killed Charlie 's father , which was a silly mistake because it only made the young fool sign up to fight the lot of them on his own . |
| 12 | Clubs such as this were rather like workshops with the old pros as time-served tradesmen who expected the young apprentices to clean their boots and learn their trade . |
| 13 | A post mortem revealed the young officer died from carbon monoxide poisoning and the coroner yesterday returned a verdict that Cpl Turnpenny took his own life . |
| 14 | Silver , a schoolmate of Hockney at Bradford grammar , sold the young artist 's paintings through the chain of clothes shops he established in the North after taking his A levels . |
| 15 | Looking back on these campaigns at the end of her life , she defined the law as the chief agency for enacting God 's work and for abolishing the double-standard , which menaced the young and ultimately contributed to the disintegration of the state . |
| 16 | In 1943 the well-known painter , Hans Hofmann , asked the young Pollock how important nature was for his art . |
| 17 | Next day a newspaper reporter asked the young men if they thought it would have been fair for the crowd to kill them . |
| 18 | The following day I asked the young women of an all-girls ' school I was visiting if they had seen her , and what they thought . |
| 19 | Fearnley Whittingstall asked the young butcher if he would recognise the man again . |
| 20 | ‘ Do you mind if I sit down ? ’ asked the young man in effete , accented English . |
| 21 | ‘ Can I help you ? ’ asked the young receptionist at the desk . |
| 22 | ‘ Why all the worry ? ’ asked the young hedgehog , joining the group . |
| 23 | Pamela asked the young girl on the reception desk , speaking very slowly since she clearly spoke very little English . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's very bad , is it ? ’ her mother asked the young man in a worried voice . |
| 25 | He asked the young men from the agents who showed him round if the pipes were lagged and whether the soil was chalk or clay ; he could n't think of any other questions . |
| 26 | ‘ Did Horemheb send you ? ’ asked the young man , finally . |
| 27 | ‘ They give you much trouble normally ? ’ asked the young man . |
| 28 | Moreover , ’ he smiled , ‘ I asked the young gallant who was sitting by Benedicta to take care of both ladies . |
| 29 | ‘ What we going to do ? ’ asked the young private , a little concerned at the way his superior was acting . |
| 30 | ‘ But why so many British ladies ? ’ asked the young German student bemusedly as 60–odd enthusiasts of all ages tumbled off the coach at the Medau College in Coburg . |