Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] [art] old " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He made the ears out of an old pair of mouse ears I 'd used for a previous party , ’ she says . |
| 2 | If Jitters did n't have a wife and kids back in the old country — which , come to think of it , he probably did n't these days — he might just have dragged Fat Old Stinky Juanita up before the padre and tied the old knot . |
| 3 | If you 'd had all people come in and try to bring in new ideas on to an old system , I do n't think it would have worked . |
| 4 | You say pick your anchors up in an old boat ? |
| 5 | But er there were so many open cars and we had an upholsterer who er made the hoods and repaired the hoods and upholstery and er we even made things out of the old scraps of these er just to , we made bags for , for carrying trade plates for er people going away for cars . |
| 6 | What is the present position with the proposed series of steam operations out of the old Southern Railway termini ? |
| 7 | ‘ A number of local residents commented that there was already a disproportionate ratio of pigs to people in the locality and although proposals to extend the operation would have led to some improvement , in that a new farrowing house would have been built to bring the pigs in from the old farm buildings , in fact the larger pig population would increase the scope for offensive odours to permeate the village . ’ |
| 8 | The guy who let us in flops down on an old divan . |
| 9 | And let's get these other ones out for the old birdies outside eh ? |
| 10 | Similarly a London fireman 's widow sent her daughters round to an old lady after school . |