Example sentences of "[adj] as [art] old [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old Gothic was felt to be as inadequate in the 1890s as the old meeting-house had been in the 1860s so plans were made for a new building worthy of their pastor whose fame was rapidly increasing . |
| 2 | Their skin was as wrinkled and brown as an old football and on their heads were perched steel air-raid helmets . |
| 3 | He resembled nothing so much as an old man reliving a glorious moment of his past . |
| 4 | He avoided other Lake Tourists and yet , if caught , he would be as warm as an old friend . |
| 5 | Most of us , myself included , thought that this was completely pointless as the old name had a better ring to it and most people still referred to our boats as Revenue Cutters in preference . |
| 6 | It was as cold as an old grave . |
| 7 | Dikeledi , the tough woman , who smoked and swaggered and whose voice was as hoarse as an old man 's , turned tear-filled eyes on the white woman 's face . |
| 8 | So long as the old couple had not made over the farm , their middle-aged son remained a ‘ boy ’ : ‘ You can be a boy here forever as long as the old fellow is still alive ’ . |
| 9 | Colonel Stok was as big as an old oak wardrobe . |
| 10 | Might I suggest that before he ponders further , Mr Jencks has a listen to the Peter Townshend song Wo n't Get Fooled Again , where he will find the line , ‘ Meet the new boss , same as the old boss ’ . |
| 11 | Not so much a new as an old product note ! |
| 12 | The New Left was in practice turning out to be almost as bad as the Old Left when it came to defining political priorities and treating women as the cheer-leaders , nurturers and sexual services brigade of the revolution . |
| 13 | With Operation Cuckoo brought to a conclusion , the entire three-man link to Georgi Kirov was as useless and obsolete as the old agent himself . |