Example sentences of "old [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Table 5.2 The very old as a percentage of the elderly in the UK ( 1901–2001 ) |
| 2 | Of course , it is not necessary to press the actual flowers from the birthday celebration itself , as one could just make a picture for the eighteen-year old as a present . |
| 3 | ‘ It has already been hinted at by oor worthy comrade up the back before he passed oot , we are but six months old as a body … ’ |
| 4 | They 're old as the hills them cushions , in fact they 're |
| 5 | The weapon was old as the world and deadly as poison , a shard of the fatal weapon forged by Vaul himself for the death god Khaela-Mensha-Khaine , a fragment of crystallised death capable of slaying daemons and gods alike . |
| 6 | She was too old for a doll 's house now so it did n't matter , but she hoped he would finish what he was doing for Oliver . |
| 7 | Men were different — thirty-six was only old for a woman . |
| 8 | the number to ring there if you want that boy 's racing bike , eight to twelve year old for a fiver , but the tyres might need er might need renewing . |
| 9 | 30 is not that old for a defender . |
| 10 | Workers , for example , are often quite ready to accept as final a statement that they are too old for a job , even when this is not the case . |
| 11 | Despite his advancing years — at 27 he is old for a thoroughbred — ‘ Rummy ’ will again lead the parade of runners on Martell Grand National day in 1993 . |
| 12 | You 're never too old for an orgy . |
| 13 | However , those of us too old for the elite ‘ Pirates ’ or ‘ Club 16 ’ need not feel left out . |
| 14 | ‘ She says she is willing to work all her days just to keep a little home of her own ’ , yet she also felt ‘ too old for the work . ’ |
| 15 | Inelligible for the Enterprise Allowance Scheme , and at 28 too old for the Prince 's Trust , she eventually got a grant from the Westminster Enterprise Agency . |
| 16 | Never unemployed , she is ineligible for the Enterprise Allowance and , at 28 , too old for the Prince 's Youth Business Trust . |
| 17 | I 'll be unemployed and too old for the dole ! |
| 18 | But nobody could get the movie made at that time , and the question now was whether Val was n't too old for the part . |
| 19 | So too does Rosalind Russell ; perhaps she sounds a little old for the part , but her dry tones give her numbers a splendidly acerbic edge . |
| 20 | You are old for the boy . ’ |
| 21 | Sir Michael , 56 , last month launched a biting attack on BBC chairman Duke Hussey , claiming he was too old for the job at 69 . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've reached the top of my profession , and am almost getting too old for the job , anyway . |
| 23 | He was far too old for the party . |
| 24 | I was too old for the children 's ward so I was in with men . |
| 25 | Joan is growing old for the time being . |
| 26 | Actually , Voight is rather too old for the role , and overdoes the wide-eyed innocence , especially in the last twenty minutes when the movie gets as soft as an overripe Florida plum . |
| 27 | The President of the DAR chapter was old for the gangcult game , twenty-three or -four . |
| 28 | The mother 's objection was not found to be unreasonable and no suggestion was made to allow adoption with a condition of access so as not to deprive the ten year old of the security that goes with adoption compared to long-term foster care . |
| 29 | The boy , who 's sixteen , had been charged with raping an eleven year old behind a row of shops at Brockworth in Gloucester . |
| 30 | The boy , who 's sixteen , had been charged with raping an eleven year old behind a row of shops at Brockworth in Gloucester . |