Example sentences of "old for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , those of us too old for the elite ‘ Pirates ’ or ‘ Club 16 ’ need not feel left out . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Never unemployed , she is ineligible for the Enterprise Allowance and , at 28 , too old for the Prince 's Youth Business Trust . |
| 5 | I 'll be unemployed and too old for the dole ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | You are old for the boy . ’ |
| 9 | Sir Michael , 56 , last month launched a biting attack on BBC chairman Duke Hussey , claiming he was too old for the job at 69 . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've reached the top of my profession , and am almost getting too old for the job , anyway . |
| 11 | He was far too old for the party . |
| 12 | Joan is growing old for the time being . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The President of the DAR chapter was old for the gangcult game , twenty-three or -four . |