Example sentences of "old [noun sg] who [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gooseneck found out about it through a retired old retainer who lived in the area . |
| 2 | To George 's annoyance , everyone seems to be conspiring against his grandiose plans — especially the old lady who arrives on the same day as Tony Madoc . |
| 3 | Wycliffe was startled by the question , which did not come from Sarah but from an old lady who sat on the far side of the fire . |
| 4 | ‘ who is that fierce old lady who lives in the white cottage ? ’ |
| 5 | The woman who came in to clean and the old boy who saw to the garden had been instructed to call him ‘ Mr ’ Lewis and he felt very much the heir . |
| 6 | One old stalwart who stuck with the whole match contracted such a severe cold that he died of exposure . |
| 7 | ‘ I have an old friend who works for a publisher in New York and I stayed with her for a couple of weeks while I found a job . |
| 8 | Alternatively , you can make an intriguing doom-laden prediction ( ‘ beware the old Tilean who walks with a limp — he carries a poisoned blade for you ’ ) which you can make come true at any later time you like . |
| 9 | They quoted the old woman who announced outside the Old Bailey that ‘ he got what he deserved ’ . |
| 10 | There was an Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe , taken from Nursery Rhymes by Tracey Boyd . |
| 11 | For The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe , buy or make a long cake such as a swiss roll and cut about four inches off the end . |
| 12 | There was an Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe , taken from Nursery Rhymes by Tracey Boyd . |
| 13 | Fairytale characters mingled with the children in the crowd , giving them toys and bits of fruit : Mary Poppins , Mother Hubbard , the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe . |
| 14 | Can you wonder that Virginia , the Elf Second , used to put her head down , keep her eyes fixed straight in front of her , and pedal as hard as she could past Wardle Wood and the old woman who lived in the cottage in the middle of it . |
| 15 | ‘ The old woman who lived in the hills , ’ Constance cried in delight . |
| 16 | It was a heavy fall and Rain 's first thought was for the nervous old woman who lived in the flat below . |
| 17 | ‘ But one morning , the old woman who worked in the house began to talk about Arthur . |
| 18 | There is , he says , an old Lappish church near its eastern edge ; he has never seen it but he has been told of it by an old Lapp who lives near the lakes western edge . |
| 19 | That evening Sid and I dined off piping hot oxtail soup , steak and kidney pie , followed by a very rich plum duff , all washed down with a bottle of French cider , given to us by the old Frenchman who lived in the cottage near the entrance to the orchard . |
| 20 | There was no Madame Eglantine , only a garrulous old man who chattered like a magpie , took the package and said he would hand it over to the lady next time she visited the place . |
| 21 | ‘ He was a very old man who worked in the same room as John Dyson and myself . ’ |
| 22 | At a table crammed into the wall , I stare into space , trying to ignore an old man who yells at the barmaid and another who sits doubled over with his pink mottled head against the table , sleeping and snoring . |
| 23 | Bodie had talked to the caretaker of the first , and Doyle tackled the surly old man who resided in the basement apartment of the second . |
| 24 | There are one or two old professors here left over from before the liberation ( apparently no profs have been appointed since ) and the professor of English , Prof. Chen Jia , is a charming though deaf old fellow who studied in the U.S.A. , and who used to write books on English literature before the Cultural Revolution put a stop to all that sort of thing — but even so he quoted a bit of Chaucer to me surreptitiously at the dinner table . |
| 25 | What did irritate me was the old crusty-type who went through the motions of standing in front of everyone and asking them if they ‘ had any spare change for an old dosser ’ . |
| 26 | What did irritate me was the old crusty-type who went through the motions of standing in front of everyone and asking them if they ‘ had any spare change for an old dosser ’ . |