Example sentences of "[subord] my old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This move had three objects : to complete the education of our two younger children , Fiona at Fettes ( where my old Highfield playmate Inky Chenevix-Trench was now headmaster ) and Alastair at the Edinburgh Academy ; to have Moira 's mother who was living alone in an Edinburgh flat and becoming increasingly tottery to live with us ; and to own property once again and so benefit from its ever-increasing rise in value . |
| 2 | I bet you could smack ass harder than my old Nanny . ’ |
| 3 | Q Having read rave reviews of the Canon BJ-10E bubblejet printer , I was very disappointed , once I 'd bought one , to find that , when driven by the IBM ProPrinter X24/E driver ( as recommended in the Canon manual ) , the resulting print quality was little better than my old Epson 9-pin dot matrix printer . |
| 4 | Must admit probably cos my old man 's had them ever since I 've been alive . |
| 5 | if my old monkey reflex |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not your fault if my old boyfriends choose to drop in at the wrong moments . ’ |
| 7 | Those people have lived here for about two years and they 'll still say ‘ I 've got to go home because my old man wants his dinner . ’ |
| 8 | It pleased him to see the shock his words delivered , and before David could protest , he lied , ‘ You 've been a help to me since my old bones went crook , and I 'll see you get your dues when the time comes . |
| 9 | But I have thought about it ever since my old friend said that . |
| 10 | He 's really let himself go since my old Dad died . |
| 11 | As my old friend , the Communist priest , performed the last rites , did I see a half smile on those weatherbeaten features ? |
| 12 | As far as my old man could find out , it was abandoned two generations ago , or more . |
| 13 | Yeah , the same as my old man , but |
| 14 | There are but two families in the world , as my old grandmother used to say , the Haves and the Have-nots . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's not as attractive as my old position , ’ he said . |
| 16 | The promontory itself dissolves on the seaward side into rocks and inlets , including the delightful cove of the Plage du Port-Vieux , a sheltered bathing place recommended ‘ for persons who are weakly or unaccustomed to the sea ’ as my old Baedeker considerately puts it . |
| 17 | ‘ As my old mother used to say , money will be the death of me . ’ |
| 18 | As my old girlfriend Nancy Leadbetter used to say , ‘ There 's no snob like a foreign snob . ’ |
| 19 | Another , however , jogged his memory : ‘ Coleby gave me 10s for my old penknife — very massive profit ! ’ |
| 20 | I have to explain to everyone that I 'm not so much of a monomaniac as this collection makes me seem , but when my old man died , thirty years ago , he left me his paintings . |