Example sentences of "[prep] a old " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir George Robey 240 Seven Sisters Rd N4 ( 263 4581 ) Named after an old musical hero , located opposite the old Rainbow , the venerable old rock institution which is now home to a religious sect . |
| 2 | The last beach along here before you come to the first of the rocky headlands that are so prettily characteristic of Biarritz 's coastline , is called the Chambre d'Amour or Chamber of Love , after an old depression in the sand where two lovers are said to have put themselves well and truly on the map by being surprised in their amours by the Atlantic tide . |
| 3 | I had half-managed to con a colleague in the Press-box into believing that the Brewongle Stand was named after an old left-arm spinner from Parramatta named Bluey Brewongle when I saw the dark-green uniforms emerging from the pavilion , and the emotions crowded in with a sudden impact . |
| 4 | They called some of it bouzah after an old city , Bousiris , in the Nile Delta . |
| 5 | ‘ Did he tell you I need someone to look after an old lady ? ’ |
| 6 | I do n't , I do n't bit of a old |
| 7 | Psychological abuse probably poses the greatest difficulty in trying to decide what is beyond the bounds of socially acceptable behaviour towards an old person . |
| 8 | Could n't she see that Silas was feeling disgusted with her lack of feeling towards an older woman who was now in a most awkward and painful situation ? |
| 9 | Thomas Hardy , of an older generation , had implicitly claimed to be , and in the event had proved to be , a profoundly Virgilian poet . |
| 10 | The belief that Labour was a relic of an older past , of the first industrial revolution rather than its successor , took hold . |
| 11 | It is very difficult to play under the shadow of an older brother who 's had so much success . |
| 12 | He opened the file and considered it , unhurriedly and unselfconsciously , and McLeish had a sudden vision of an older Mr Hutton in a tail-coat and wing collar behind this modern façade . |
| 13 | Whether his fainting goats were a new mutation or part of an older breed remains unclear . |
| 14 | We have no name for the killing of an older man , but do have a name for the killing of one 's father . |
| 15 | She felt sorry for him once more ; she felt for him the compassion of an older sister , and at that point she did something quite unpremeditated : as she kept on walking , she turned her head back towards him , smiled and lifted her right arm out in the air , easily , flowingly , as if she were tossing a brightly coloured ball . |
| 16 | She reminded him a little of an older Karen , but he was n't tempted . |
| 17 | As the concept of the predestined moment receded , there entered their minds not so much the ringing message of the Pauline Epistles as the echo of an older despair . |
| 18 | Gregory the Great , interestingly , seems to represent the survival of an older tradition in upholding the civil rights of Jews within the community defined by Roman law rather than by religion ; but such a survival could not long resist the powerful pressures towards conformity where Roman legal inhibitions were less strong . |
| 19 | AN Englishwoman who went to Canada in search of the son she believes could have been murdered has been told that a body recovered from a lake at the weekend was not that of her son , but of an older man . |
| 20 | The church took its name from that of an older church a little way off that was demolished to make way for the ramparts of the Porta Romana in 1532 . |
| 21 | The present Boddington Mill appears to retain parts of an older structure for , as well as the main brick-built part , it incorporates a half-timbered , gabled section . |
| 22 | ‘ I really prefer the idea of an older man or even a bedridden man — even a person totally incapacitated — because at least when you bought him a watch you 'd know you 'd be wearing it in a week or two yourself . |
| 23 | Less blameworthy , but ultimately perhaps more tragic , was the fate of an older and larger reserve collection , housed nearby in an old warehouse . |
| 24 | Domes like Santiaguito often develop within the crater walls of an older volcano — Santiaguito itself is nested inside a large crater on the flanks of a volcano called Santa Maria . |
| 25 | Eyebrows are raised considerably higher by the idea of an older woman with her ‘ toy boy ’ than an older man with a much younger girlfriend . |
| 26 | If so , do n't despair : it is possible to liberate yourself from this unacceptable ‘ tyranny ’ of a toddler ( as it so often is ) or of an older child . |
| 27 | Hired to get evidence on the mistress of an older man who has supposedly cheated on him , Diquet and his girl-Friday Leone find themselves involved in a strange plot that involves wartime collaboration and a fabulous diamond . |
| 28 | Given a free choice , children usually choose the apparatus they are ready for and although a three-year-old may imitate the feats of an older child with a funnel , tube and bottle , he may not gain the same satisfaction as he does from achieving something much more simple on his own . |
| 29 | Mary Clarke and Bill Scott , members of an older generation , agreed that the clowns would sweep everybody 's doorstep as they walked round the village . |
| 30 | This may seem like a hard thing to do , but if you 've been involved with occult powers you really do need the help of an older Christian , so pluck up all your courage and … |