Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] old [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the meeting was only a few hours old when the news broke that Winnie Mandela would face serious charges arising out of the murder in January 1989 of 14 year old activist , Stompie Moeketsi Seipei . |
| 2 | Caroline was only a few days old when Wordsworth left for home , and during 1793 , marooned in England without an income or particular hopes of finding one , he learned helplessly of the rise of the Terror in France following the overthrow of the Girondins in June that year . |
| 3 | Jade 's skull was fractured when she was a few days old when her nanny , Carol Withers battered her with a heavy weapon . |
| 4 | ‘ We adopted her when she was a few years old but we had a difference of opinion and she left home , ’ said Mr Harrison , a policeman . |
| 5 | Erm it 's a few years old but it 's hardly had any use . |
| 6 | She 'd had it for seven years , and it had been a few years old when she and Tony had bought it . |