Example sentences of "asked the old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is this the boy ? ’ they asked the old gentleman . |
| 2 | Little Billy asked The old Minpin said , ‘ All the trees in this forest are hollow . |
| 3 | I wanted to introduce Dana to Pernod , so I asked the old man for ‘ dos Pernod ’ . |
| 4 | I asked the old man why |
| 5 | ‘ What do you mean ? ’ asked the old man , curious in spite of himself . |
| 6 | I asked the old man about this client from the North and he remembered her . ’ |
| 7 | I asked the old man , his nose almost level with the steering wheel of his equally elderly car . |
| 8 | He asked the old man if he 'd ever worked in the sandpaper factory and added that he 'd probably be going to work there himself when he 'd finished at the Comprehensive . |
| 9 | He asked the old man if he knew Miss Lavant , if he 'd seen her at the fete , in clothes with buttercups on them . |
| 10 | ‘ What are they doing now ? ’ asked the old man . |
| 11 | Mr Utterson asked the old servant one day . |
| 12 | ‘ Who is that , madam ? ’ he asked the old housekeeper . |
| 13 | Jaq asked the old woman . |
| 14 | Jaq asked the old woman . |
| 15 | Meh'Lindi asked the old woman softly . |
| 16 | used a sample of elderly resident in the community , identified those who required help with adl activities and then asked the older person to identify his or her ‘ main helper ’ . |
| 17 | Searching for something to keep the conversation going , Luce asked the older woman , ‘ Have you always lived in New York ? ’ |