Example sentences of "an old [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looks like scratchings from an old birds ' nest . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd be disappointed if it was an old ladies ' outing . ’ |
| 3 | Come retirement age , an old person 's fancy often seems to turn to Devon . |
| 4 | A weekly flow chart , showing day by day and hour by hour , who and what is coming into an old person 's home to provide care , is useful in illustrating the reality of community care . |
| 5 | Cleveland Police have repeated an appeal for information about Leslie Simms , 70 , who has not been seen since he left an old person 's home in Middlesbrough more than three weeks ago . |
| 6 | she used to go to an old person 's home of a night time you know |
| 7 | On the one hand , it may well be felt that an old person 's wish to stay with a carer should be respected unless their mental state is so gravely impaired that they literally do not know what they are doing . |
| 8 | In the community , the fact that many simple , preventive measures are possible is well illustrated in an article by Mitchell ( 1984 ) and these range from encouraging elderly people to wear well-fitting shoes rather than slippers , to the use of alarm systems , and the involvement of neighbours and regular callers to an old person 's house . |
| 9 | Part of the buildings used to be an old cobbler 's shop , hence the ‘ Cobblers ’ wine bar and restaurant . |
| 10 | It was almost an old man 's wave . |
| 11 | An old man 's whim . |
| 12 | ‘ These young girls wear an old man 's heart out . |
| 13 | Somewhere in Lincolnshire , an old man 's beard entwines itself around and covers a sign reading : ‘ Danger — Unmanned Level Crossing Ahead With Freight Trains Full Of Nuclear Waste Passing Frequently . ’ |
| 14 | Haverford , exercising an old man 's privilege , was sitting next to the driver . |
| 15 | Leaning back in his chair John-William was unaware of the sleep which abruptly overcame him , an old man 's sleep from which he would wake presently with a start and in great confusion . |
| 16 | As her brother recalls : ‘ It was like an old man 's club with masses of clocks ticking away . |
| 17 | The District Military Council sent me over to the Area Military Commissariat as an adviser , but these young men do n't want an old man 's advice . |
| 18 | Today , he likes to act the playful old pro , occasionally engaging in slightly self-conscious silent comedy to amuse the crowd ( generally an old man 's limp ) ; rarely completing a spell without a quip to the umpire ; finding as much enjoyment in the game as at any time in his career . |
| 19 | Roses and orchids are too obviously beautiful , and so they lack this remnant of grace : maybe , if there is any harmony left for us to discover , maybe we shall as soon apprehend it in dog shit or an old man 's spittle , sizzling on the grate . |
| 20 | This was not just an old man 's hatred of change ; the sonnet Steamboats , Viaducts , and Railways ( 1833 ) is surprisingly in favour of these evidences of man 's ability , and concludes : |
| 21 | She read about the Battle of Britain ; and it was n't any longer an old man 's war , dear to her father 's heart , and a cause , in earlier days , of much laughter and secret nods and winks between she and her brother . |
| 22 | I it was an old man 's car . |
| 23 | That young man sitting on an old man 's knee ; some people would think it improper . ’ ‘ |
| 24 | Damp , jaggèd , like an old man 's mouth drivelling , beyond repair . |
| 25 | Jeans cut off thigh-high to make shorts and a T-shirt he had made out of an old man 's vest he had bought for 20p in a sale under the arches at Charing Cross Station and dyed green and yellow . |
| 26 | ‘ Spoiling an old man 's pleasure , Canon ? ’ |
| 27 | Suffering , for you , is just a story , an old man 's tale . ’ |
| 28 | I deal with direct leaf-fall , and any subsequent stray leaves blown in by winter gales , again with that square skim-net ( actually an old angler 's landing net ) . |
| 29 | By the end of the year numbers had risen still further to 109 , and an Old Boys ' Association had been formed . |
| 30 | With only ninepence in their pockets , they founded an old boys ' association that went on to include a thriving club ( albeit minus clubhouse ) , a sports field and four football teams competing in the Zingari and Old Boys Associations ' leagues . |