Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] a [adj] old [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Madeira , to stand behind a little old peasant lady , dressed in black , in the bank cashing her cheques from family worldwide is quite an experience . |
| 2 | ‘ Nor do I wish to sound like a cynical old man . |
| 3 | Philip Saunders makes a starker contrast between the limited exposure of currency funds and holdings in shares or unit trusts : ‘ With charges at 4 per cent initially and three-quarters of a point annually for a currency fund , would you pay 6 per cent to go into a plain old unit trust ? ’ |
| 4 | The crowd at the door parted to let through a gaunt old man wearing the black peci hat , symbol of Indonesian nationalism , faded sarong and a shirt with so many patches that it was hard to tell which was the original material . |
| 5 | ‘ He was a middle-aged guy who thought he was coming to read to a sweet old lady , ’ she writes . |
| 6 | An animal does indeed strive instinctively to keep alive , much as it will forage for food ( plants in unconscious and less mobile ways do also ) , but , lacking language , it is unduly anthropomorphic to describe this as hoping or aspiring to live to a ripe old age ; except perhaps as a joke . |
| 7 | When , in his thirties , he took driving lessons and passed his test Dorothy refused to go out in the car with him : ‘ I intend to live to a ripe old age , thank you very much . ’ |
| 8 | MEMBERS of the management team at Aberdeen Central Branch have been told to eat less and exercise more if they want to live to a ripe old age ! |
| 9 | There 's no escape from that if you want to live to a ripe old age . |