Example sentences of "[pron] old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Age and income are strongly related in almost all samples , and the Social Attitudes Survey is no exception , as figure 13.3 shows ; the exact age of the earnings high point varies , but for almost everyone old age brings with it a diminution of income . |
| 2 | His clothes , some of them old things of Theo 's which had been altered for him , were shabby , and were getting spattered with paint . |
| 3 | They were very short muzzle things , but them old things there like that , they were jumping when you were firing them you know . |
| 4 | But them , them old blankets we had some because we need them when they come , I fold 'em |
| 5 | You wan na watch them old mowmows yeah , they come there with their little carving knives , yeah , cut all the dangly bits off that , that 's right though in n it , |
| 6 | Look at them old teddies and things in there . |
| 7 | She says all them old people round there know him . |
| 8 | I suppose one of them old cows — well , they stood there rubbing of their old rumps about like that , you know ; and all at once this here tumbril fell down , and the back chain went right just over the front of har shoulders . |
| 9 | Those who got selected either for constituencies , or for the Central Office list when it was established in the 1950s , tended to be those whom old buffers in the party already had a pretty good idea about , because they knew their fathers , their regiments or their schools . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's a smart pair of daisies ’ ( daisy root = boots ) ; ‘ She 's me old Dutch ’ ( Duchess of Fife = wife ) ; ‘ Use your crust ’ ( crust of bread = head ) — more widespread now as ‘ Use your loaf . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I would n't ask the fuzz the time if it would save me old granny 's life . ’ |
| 12 | There 's no side to me and I look after me old mum . |
| 13 | and that 's , what I wan na do next , take them , to take me old curtains down and gon na re-make them for Lee 's bedroom . |
| 14 | ‘ Me old man 's got one from the market to burn but you can 'ave it , ’ said Rosa , who had already started with her sixth child . |
| 15 | ‘ But me old man says 'e never knows what the time is . ’ |
| 16 | And er the chap that tended her was er a locum , he were only a young chap , and er he says , Oh oh I 'm sorry , he says , I 'd better get me old man to come , he said I do n't suppose I 'll ever see another of these in my career . |
| 17 | , did with me old man . |
| 18 | That 's what happened to me old man in the cleaning business , I mean with you could write your own cheque virtually , but they , they had sort of like a three year , three year back log on painting , they just did n't pay anybody . |
| 19 | Its like me old man was saying well old fucking Jim Davidson came in and said er er Bernard Manning is by far the best stand up comedian in this country |
| 20 | I mean you can still get a reference off me old company which er you know the London |
| 21 | try and get out on time me old boy . |
| 22 | ‘ Good night , me old love . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If it were n't for me old bones and the fact that I might be overlooked when the bidding starts , I would n't want you within a mile of that sale room . |
| 24 | Dear Stan , me old china |
| 25 | ‘ Nuffsaid , eh , me old cock ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Anything for you , me old cock sparrow . |
| 27 | I followed behind with me old cock linnet . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , do n't bother — and do n't call me old thing . |
| 29 | Come to me old rajathuk . |
| 30 | Though between you and me old Hereward 's a bit of a liability . ’ |