Example sentences of "few [noun] old " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was obsessed by new clothes to the extent that I 'd lost interest in something if it was more than a few hours old . |
| 2 | He stated that in New York , regarding practical experience , the only bodies that trainee embalmers could obtain were unclaimed ones which had been refrigerated for months , and not just a few hours old , as is the popular myth in this country . |
| 3 | But the meeting was only a few hours old when the news broke that Winnie Mandela would face serious charges arising out of the murder in January 1989 of 14 year old activist , Stompie Moeketsi Seipei . |
| 4 | Ian remembered it , but I did n't , being only a few months old at the time . |
| 5 | It is an inborn fear that develops when they are only a few months old , regardless of whether they have ever met an owl . |
| 6 | Julie Godwin , pictured above with Sophie at a few months old , was raped and killed with her holiday pal Elizabeth Over as the pair sunbathed on a beach in South Africa . |
| 7 | I barely remembered my uncle , as he had been killed rock-climbing when Dickie was a few months old . |
| 8 | Even when they are only a few months old , they have claws and teeth quite long and sharp enough to damage one another . |
| 9 | This was quite an achievement for an organisation only a few months old . |
| 10 | Sandy Lee 's mother , Siobhan Gilmore , her two youngest children , three-year-old Tamara and Deborah , who is a few months old , and Siobhan 's sister , Tanya , were taken to the Waveney Hospital suffering from shock and smoke inhalation . |
| 11 | Bridgit Walker 's son Benjamin was vaccinated against polio ten years ago when he was a few months old . |
| 12 | But he told the judge : ‘ Her object has always been to secure the payment not just for herself but the little boy George who is a few months old . |
| 13 | Dr Enevoldson said the more records of blood and bone marrow types she has , the more chance of helping patients like the England and Spurs striker 's baby son , who was taken ill with a form of leukaemia when he was only a few months old . |
| 14 | We 're almost the same age , I 'm just a few months older . |
| 15 | Women her age usually give up sex — she 's a few months older than me , you know . |
| 16 | Zach , Tom discovered , was a voluble , curly-haired boy a few months older than Willie , only taller and in bad need , so he thought , of a haircut . |
| 17 | On paper it appears the light blues are inches shorter … and a few months older … but what about on the water ? |
| 18 | When she 's a few months older Thia will be allowed in the same field as the farm 's other miniature , Carlsberg , a stallion . |
| 19 | Thermoluminescence dating of the clay core suggested that the statue was only a few centuries old , and this was supported by technical examination and analysis which showed that the casting technology and the metal used were quite typical of the Renaissance , and equally unlike those used by the Romans . |
| 20 | Evidence of this can be seen in the surprising number of items surviving from the late 19th and early 20th centuries , which one could be forgiven for thinking were only a few decades old . |
| 21 | In practice , the vast majority of reported offences of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl of 16 involve young men of a similar age or a few years older , and the general trend is to administer a formal caution to such persons rather than to prosecute them . |
| 22 | ‘ I would hate it to go down in Conservative mythology that we always had to have a gaggle of young men running every campaign , ’ he said , ‘ although if we had the same bunch at the next election at least they 'd be a few years older . ’ |
| 23 | Peter was a few years older and shared David 's passion for gambling and the good things in life . |
| 24 | I suppose if I 'd been a few years older , I would have replied , ‘ Is n't that the only way to treat it ? ’ |
| 25 | ( If her son enters when he is a few years older , he will surely be unique in being able to say he has been taking part since before he was born . ) |
| 26 | Now 43 , he 's a few years older than Super Mario who made his screen debut in a 1980 arcade game . |
| 27 | She was a few years older , mature , a mother . |
| 28 | Close friendships with girls a few years older or younger than oneself were actively discouraged , and it seemed to us that to be seen in earnest conversation with a girl who belonged neither to one 's own year or one 's own house was tantamount to admitting that one was engaged in a lesbian liaison . |
| 29 | ‘ I feel staggered at being chosen as a winner , and it has made me really thrilled , even though I am a few years older than the others , ’ he said . |
| 30 | It was n't that he was a good few years older than him or that , like Mick , he had been a working chap . |