Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] old [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , if the sequence is to come off it will have to be stage-managed to some extent : children who are young enough to believe in Santa Claus are not old enough to carry the action on their own without the help of an adult to keep things moving . |
| 2 | They 're not old enough to go to the pubs , or they do n't seem old enough , so they just go down the park and get drunk . |
| 3 | You 're not old enough to shave yet , just give your hands a good wash and do n't leave a mark in the sink . |
| 4 | So a lot of , a lot of them tell like fairy tales , a lot of people tell fairy tales for young , at young children , it 's all aimed at young children when they 're not old enough to understand what 's truth and what is n't they 're not old , they 're not in their own understanding yet when they 're children so they sort of , not in their conscious sense anyway |
| 5 | You 're both old enough to remember your mother 's meatloaf . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're undoubtedly old enough to know better , to learn from past experience . |
| 7 | Despite my baby-faced good looks , I am actually old enough to remember 1979 , I am also old enough to remember 1974 , 1970 , 1966 , so I hope that 's cleared up . |
| 8 | But is it I mean I 'm not old enough to remember the war or |
| 9 | Some of us are even old enough to remember the days when Maths was fun , not the ponderous THEOREM . |
| 10 | Despite my baby-faced good looks , I am actually old enough to remember 1979 , I am also old enough to remember 1974 , 1970 , 1966 , so I hope that 's cleared up . |
| 11 | He went on ‘ I am too old now to think you can improve people 's natures . |
| 12 | I am too old now to play at any mock repentance . ’ |
| 13 | We are too old now to make new friends . |