Example sentences of "[be] old [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are old for the boy . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ These , ’ I cried , ‘ are inhabited by horned pygmies who move in herds , and who are old by the time they are seven ! ’ |
| 3 | They 're old as the hills them cushions , in fact they 're |
| 4 | ‘ I wish I 'd been older on the Drive , ’ said Nooty . |
| 5 | In the USA , it has been found that the life-expectancy of people with AIDS is reduced in drug-users , women , black and Hispanic people , and those who are older at the time of diagnosis . |
| 6 | The President of the DAR chapter was old for the gangcult game , twenty-three or -four . |
| 7 | The weapon was old as the world and deadly as poison , a shard of the fatal weapon forged by Vaul himself for the death god Khaela-Mensha-Khaine , a fragment of crystallised death capable of slaying daemons and gods alike . |