Example sentences of "be a old [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm Do n't really know much about them at all erm they are an old boys side erm but erm we really do n't know too much about them . |
| 2 | Scottish women have spent a great deal of time discussing the pros and cons of being an older women , but what 's it like being young in Scotland in nineteen ninety two ? |
| 3 | I think it 's an old wives ' tale that make-up ruins the skin . |
| 4 | It 's an old wives ' tale that make-up ruins the skin |
| 5 | ‘ Some say , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ it 's because the sun slips into hell , but I think that 's an old wives ’ tale . |
| 6 | It is a notorious truth that this is an old men 's war . |
| 7 | Neddy was an old Dales character who played the harmonium and who found an old bell one day which he placed on top of his harmonium because he liked the sound of it . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd be disappointed if it was an old ladies ' outing . ’ |
| 9 | At the rear of the church was an old girls school erected in 1818 by a former rector , Archdeacon William Henry Edward Bentinck . |
| 10 | It was an old folks ' home . |