Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a [adj] old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried a pink old lady with the future of the universe mapped on her face with linear symbols just waiting to be decoded by anyone who had the wisdom and the patience to want to do so . |
| 2 | During a quick wander round the accessible parts of the ship at the end of the evening I noticed a wonderful old binnacle , preserved from the former Royal Yacht , Victoria and Albert , and before leaving I rested by the quarter deck rail to listen to the ship 's Royal Marine Band play classical selections on the quayside . |
| 3 | Why should n't I have a good old weep ? |
| 4 | ‘ At present I use a cheap old Yamaha TXAIZ for horn sections and baritone saxes . |
| 5 | the one who I had a good old snog with |
| 6 | I have a good old tuck-in at the school lunch and that keeps me going until the next morning . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But my favourite is a ‘ 64 Fender Telecaster , which has a knackered old body on it but a great feel and a great sound . |
| 8 | Which leads a jaded old hack like me to ponder on the disparity in attendees that has crept up on Conference over the years . |
| 9 | London Irish thought they 'd scored a try here … the ref tho rightly gave a knock on … and the cherry and whites rolled on to take the lead with a penalty from Martin Roberts … another penalty apiece made it six three to Gloucester at half-time … but they deserved more … the forwards were fired up but so too was the exiles defence which took a fair old hammering … the turning point came at the start of the second half when referee David Matthews awarded Gloucester a penalty try … |
| 10 | You got a clever old dad ! |
| 11 | This was because Lydia 's red frock bore another message , which went : ‘ This red frock is more chic and expensive than anything which you possess , and it makes you look a provincial old trollop in your mock Chanel suit . ’ |
| 12 | BEWARE , ye , who like a good old flutter on the horses . |
| 13 | The couple , who own a private old people 's home elsewhere in the North-East , asked pensioners ' champion Rev William Harper to help them negotiate the sale . |
| 14 | So we entered the Castle , where we found a cheerful old man sitting by the fire . |
| 15 | It was really nice , we had a good old drive around , |
| 16 | Erm , and so , we had a good old walk around there , and like this place where she was , I swear it 's Highgate Cemetery where she was talking , |
| 17 | We had a nice old house , quite large , red-brick . |
| 18 | I suppose about one and a half yards , perhaps not that , square and in the corner there was what they called , what we had the copper for boiling the clothes , make it with small coal and , and coal and wood and paper and boil the water and , and my mother used to do the washing there and we had a big old mangle with wooden rollers out in the back yard , that was always out in the back yard . |
| 19 | Whether or not we have a right old barney depends on how it is handled . |
| 20 | Coins are chucked , shoe-shined toes are tapped , we have a gay old time . |
| 21 | She would love to hear herself called a silly old woman . |
| 22 | She herself enjoyed a prosperous old age . |
| 23 | It was some time after the crowds stormed the Presidential Palace compound in northern Bucharest in the late morning of 22 December 1989 that they found a confused old lady in a bungalow in the grounds . |
| 24 | Why do n't they have a big old disaster and see if they feature it on the news |
| 25 | They had a gay old time while it lasted , healthy too , chanting , regular hours , then brew liqueurs benedictine , green chartreuse . |
| 26 | Later , he got a battered old Mini which he nursed dearly . |
| 27 | It has a lovely old orchard full of damson trees , a paddock with goats and rare sheep and a sunny terrace . |
| 28 | He noticed a ragged old crow fall away from the raucous throng and glide to the ground . |
| 29 | He uses his talent for accenting throwaway lines and for pathos , as well as his sense of comedy , especially in the drunken farewell when he drowns a beautiful old Rolls-Royce in the Baron 's swimming pool . ’ |
| 30 | Although he frightened a few old ladies though ! |