Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's the oldest |
| 2 | Benn relishes a ruck , Eubank cherishes his craft : it 's the old boxer-versus-puncher cliché . |
| 3 | Mr Andrew Smith , a prosthetist from St Mary 's Hospital , Roehampton , south London , who now works for Cambodia Trust , a British charity , said : ‘ It 's the old World War One system . |
| 4 | It 's the old chaps in this country who get to pull on their boots and leave the women behind to a fate of wearing beige coats , having their hair permed and choosing a new tartan plastic cover for the Radio Times from the newsagent when they pick up their People 's Friend . |
| 5 | There is n't a lot of love for Mum — they adored their Dad — it 's the old thing , ‘ We promised Dad on his death-bed that we 'd always care for Mum ’ , it 's a very real thing to them … ’ |
| 6 | Suddenly she said , ‘ My God , it 's the Old Man ’ , pinched out her cigarette and put it into her cardigan pocket . |
| 7 | It 's the old story that women are still judged — for their looks , temperament , authority — in a way that men are not . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's the old feel we check out , that Seventies sound . ’ |
| 9 | But it 's the old question of did he fall or was he pushed ? |
| 10 | It 's the old man . |
| 11 | Unfortunately with got to get some of those people who do n't want to come and it 's all about bums on seats it 's the old old saying bums on seats we 've got to get an answer how we do n't get to these here at the moment in the audience whether they are people who want to get bums on seats or how they know how to do it perhaps they should have a meeting like this every month I 've never seen so many of . |
| 12 | It 's the old rule , do n't get high on your own supply . |
| 13 | Apparently there 'd been this girl , Spanish or Portuguese I think , and Ollie had been giving her private lessons at his flat , and he thought she fancied him , and he 'd had a couple of Special Brews at the time and thought she was just shy , and then he tried kissing her , and it 's the old , old , sordid story , is n't it ? |
| 14 | Having said that though , it 's the old case of ‘ the bigger the better ’ , and I doubt there are many more impressive sights than a pair of contented 30cm examples in a five foot tank . |
| 15 | It 's the old woman who was the nurse for his mother . |
| 16 | Yes , the copying music , what I 'm asking for is not so much copying there , ag it 's it 's the old friend transposition , well it 's partly copying , but it 's mainly transposition of erm horn , trumpet and clarinet parts |
| 17 | ‘ It 's the old movie tonight , ’ said Bob . |
| 18 | ‘ Exactly , but I 'm afraid it 's the old class system again , Anne . |
| 19 | It 's the old game of girls get dolls to play with , boys get Meccano sets . ’ |
| 20 | Sharon Stone : It 's the old thing . |
| 21 | It 's the old story of the personal ; |
| 22 | ‘ It 's the old name for the leader of the werewolf pack . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Oh yes , it 's the old man 's creed . |
| 24 | It 's the old story . |
| 25 | " It 's the old story of catching them young , " he said . |
| 26 | So i it , it 's the old nous quantity and quality coming in there . |
| 27 | very often used , it 's the old hundred , is it . |
| 28 | All I 'm try we 're only speaking from the best interests here , speaking from the bloody heart rather than the head probably here but we we do want th we do want the best but it 's the old old story , it 's botching it up is n't it , it 's fudging it , it 's trying to fit a square pet into a role cos we pay crap money y'know |
| 29 | Er , and you start pressurising yourself all day , and it 's the old story , I have n't got time for planning , I 'd better get on with it . |
| 30 | There was a children 's outing that day and I 'm afraid it 's the old story . |