Example sentences of "old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Old Auntie Mary , she 's seventy-six you know , had a heart attack and Uncle George broke a leg getting her upstairs away from the flood water . |
| 2 | The keys of old harpsichords are indeed often seen to be hollowed ; however , what this suggests is not that Handel had been assiduously practising on it for many years , but rather that ( being at least loo years old when Hawkins saw it ) it had never had the keys replated. 19th-century scholars were intrigued by this tale , and more than a century after Handel 's death embarked on the quest to rediscover the instrument . |
| 3 | Even if the old monopolies such as Uralmash do modernise their designs , ‘ its customers with access to hard currency — in the oil industry , for example — would still rather buy foreign equipment , because it is more reliable and easier to operate . ’ |
| 4 | Bristol Rovers ( second in the Third ) make their first change this season against Fulham ( fourth ) because of Alexander 's suspension , with striker Sealy set to face one of his old clubs … |
| 5 | It might still be a little premature to consign famous old clubs Nottingham and Rosslyn Park to relegation , but both have been well beaten by a resurgent Bristol — whose youthful side have been setting a blistering pace at the Memorial Ground so far this season — and their other results indicate that they face an uphill struggle to maintain their First Division status . |
| 6 | As in Division One , it is two famous old clubs that are on the receiving end of things in Division Two and Three . |
| 7 | Any Old Clubs |
| 8 | Neither of his old clubs are in action today , but both could want him back next season , although Gosforth 's two student locks , Simon Gibbs and Alistair Meadows , have both said they will be staying with the club . |
| 9 | Nick Cusack returned to promotion chasing Peterborough , one of his old clubs , to score the goal in a 1–1 draw . |
| 10 | Poor old d'Urfé ; I had used him before to suggest that centuries of high culture lay in my blood . |
| 11 | It was , therefore , with exaggerated haste that he undid his black tie , pulled the white shirt over his head , substituted a red T-shirt and a pair of old Norfolk drab cords that he 'd salvaged from his father 's wardrobe . |
| 12 | Now it looked grubby , collapsed and marked like a very old deck of cards . |
| 13 | He sat in an old deck chair and the two girls sat on the ground , each leaning against one of his legs . |
| 14 | It had been old Jan 's idea . |
| 15 | Old Jan always tagged along when Bruce went round his place . |
| 16 | At the same time , at Edendale in Gore , Bruce Mackenzie , with the help of old Jan , bought a couple of good horses for his sons Sandy and Stu — ‘ for when they grew up a bit ’ . |
| 17 | Other victims it carried off were the acid Mrs Friar in Forres and old Jan van Meers in New Zealand . |
| 18 | The last fish were tossed into the barrels and the last handfuls of salt ; and then the crowd pressed closer as old Jan Treffry started the barrel count . |
| 19 | Quite apart from the problem of the factual reliability of old books ( is it so , for example , that there really are such eidoli and angeli as Williams , Abelard , Pseudo-Dionysus and Plato believed ? ) , we meet , much earlier , the simple difficulty of adjusting to old meanings . |
| 20 | Regions of the old DDR have been subsumed into the new federal states of Germany , and many of the sources are housed in what must now be called the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin , Preussischer Kulturbesitz — a name that in itself sums up the problems of uniting the two Germanies . |
| 21 | The emergence of the so-called ‘ new narrative ’ presupposes the existence of an ‘ old narrative ’ which it superseded and , in effect , the early 1940s may be regarded as a watershed . |
| 22 | It 's 7.00 a.m. on a cold dark morning in Stroud , but 19 year old Jason Scrivens is more than happy to be getting ready for work . |
| 23 | Janet Aughton has been battling for two years to get her two sons , Steven who 's 7 , and six year old Jason … moved from the council school they attend in Gloucester.She says the two children are gradually going blind because of a hereditary defect that 's already made her lose her sight . |
| 24 | Eighteen year old Jason Raby who carried out the attack … and Anthony Langton who 's twenty-three and told him what to do … both admitted causing Mrs Cooper grevous bodily harm . |
| 25 | Sarah Bufton has 2 young children , 3 year old Jason and 4 month old James . |
| 26 | The flight from Gatwick was diverted because of the scare , even though twenty-six year old Jason Reszeter ( Ressiter ) from Wootton near Abingdon immediately told the stewardess he was ’ winding her up . ’ |
| 27 | A year ago Chloe was a pretty little girl and she would be now but for this man , eighteen year old Jason Levy . |
| 28 | Croan is lost deep in old woodland which feels strange and haunted and is always dark . |
| 29 | The pollarded trees you see in old woodland and hedgerow are clear evidence that they were once part of boundaries formed to enclose stock as well , maybe , as parish boundaries . |
| 30 | In order to make use of the wood , the trust has revived some of the old woodland skills in an innovative way . |