Example sentences of "than a old [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there 's nothing worse than an old fool . ’ |
| 2 | AT THE turn of the last century there was no more than an old windmill on the Burston site . |
| 3 | He opens the door no wider than an old lady would , and I notice he has one foot firmly behind it just in case . |
| 4 | Behind this monument from the past , no more than an old man 's rotten tooth , rise the buildings of the new age , featureless mathematical boxes assembled from concrete , their serried rows of uniform plate glass windows catching a gleam of what is probably the setting sun . |
| 5 | ‘ Better than an old woman has a right to feel . ’ |