Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few old " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose he could live in one of the few old terraces not yet knocked down . |
| 2 | And what 's more , if she 'd been about in your time , instead of that man , nice little Neville Chamberlain , she 'd have given your old Hitler a few right-handers below the belt ; and seen to it that Britain was armed to the teeth , with an airforce twice the size of the Luftwaffe instead of a few old men with pitch forks and a handful of plucky chaps like yourself to keep the Nazis out . |
| 3 | A fortnight later Doctor Jekyll gave a dinner party for a few old friends . |
| 4 | He just sat for a while in a sort of communal TV room with a few old loons . |
| 5 | In the white pubs are mainly young kids , with a few old men and just one or two middle-aged . |
| 6 | Leading international companies are discussing the latest recycling technology , showing what can be done with a few old bottles … and a little imagination . |
| 7 | But how to wring new information from a few old pieces of vellum and papyrus ? |
| 8 | This afternoon there was a preview from from a few old favorites . |
| 9 | This is one of the reasons for the choice of hymns and other music being so often limited to a few old war-horses . |
| 10 | The away end bogs , according to who was forced to abandon half-times plans for a piss , are Heysel revisited — one narrow tunnel going into and coming out of the place was crammed with hundreds of fans all going in and out at the same time , plus a few old bills looking on saying helpfully ‘ I should n't do that if I were you . |