Example sentences of "an old [noun] ' [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 | By the end of the year numbers had risen still further to 109 , and an Old Boys ' Association had been formed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I think it 's an old wives ' tale that make-up ruins the skin . |
| 6 | It 's an old wives ' tale that make-up ruins the skin |
| 7 | An old wives ' tale ? |
| 8 | That 's only an old wives ' tale . |
| 9 | It was an old folks ' home . |
| 10 | After making her name as a prisoner of war in Tenko ( in which she appeared with Renee Asherson ) , Stephanie has been busy with a second series of the TV comedy Waiting for God about a group of crumblies living in an old folks ' home . |
| 11 | Leaving the harbour high on the Pultney side of the river I passed an old folks ' home looking out over that cold North Sea ; only the dawn in winter can show any warmth . |
| 12 | And er it was er we had to develop it from a poorhouse into an old folks ' home . |
| 13 | Er I think she does a bit of part time I 'm not really sure what she does she comes and goes , she probably works in an old folks ' home or something , she has a uniform . |
| 14 | Thieves made off with £50 in cash from an old folks ' home in Windsor Court , off Newton Lane , Darlington . |
| 15 | After consultation with the ward staff of the hospital where he was , and with the speech therapist , I drew a small house , his , and a large building , an old peoples ' home , and asked him to point to where he wanted to go . |
| 16 | A group of residents in an old peoples ' home may between them be confronting many occasions of loss and death ; the handling of these matters requires sensitivity too . |
| 17 | If anyone is interested in playing for an Old Peoples ' Class on Friday mornings , starting in September at Dulwich , please contact . |
| 18 | As one Afro-caribbean elder said in an old peoples ' club : ‘ It is not only the climate that is cold in England ’ ( Grant , 1988 ) . |