Example sentences of "old [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In certain transactions one might be requested to accept a root of title that is less than 15 years old or a document other than a mortgage , or a conveyance on sale as the root deed . |
| 2 | She knew vaguely there was a wonderful person everyone was talking about , but who could be more wonderful to a wide-eyed seven year old than the sight of their own father guarding a flag with gold tassels ? |
| 3 | I hate myself for being weak , and wish I were younger and stronger , but I 'm 68 years old and no match for them . |
| 4 | Abdul Shahid , a Bengali-speaking five year old and a beginner in English , wanted to show off his three sand pies lined up in order of size . |
| 5 | She is very old and a bit soft in the head , you know ; my advice is to take this offer before she dies ! ’ |
| 6 | Her Yorkshire childhood sounds unremarkable — lacking in affection perhaps , but it was not unusual for a young girl of a certain class and a certain generation to be brought up by a nanny rather than a mummy ; to be sent away when she was ‘ five years old and a day ’ ; to be schooled in a certain stiff-upper-lip mentality ; to show no emotion . |
| 7 | Randolph Fields was thirty-one years old and a barrister by profession . |
| 8 | ‘ Listen , sunshine , ‘ said Amiss , ‘ I am thirty years old and a citizen of a free country . |
| 9 | In December 1987 two stray Rough Collies , a bitch of about 15 months old and a dog of about 18 months , were picked up and taken to a police station near Oxford . |
| 10 | Marc Jeffery , from Stround , was 20 years old and a student of philosophy . |
| 11 | He was now thirty-one years old and a soldier and politician of great experience . |
| 12 | It seemed also that in justice Aunt Louise , being old and a visitor , should have the best place . |
| 13 | I could fancy her if she was n't so old and a teacher . |
| 14 | I 'm 36 years old and a bricklayer by trade . |
| 15 | Stefan Campeanu , forty years old and a leader of the Peasants ' Party , made his way home on foot to his apartment by his usual route , at his normal time . |
| 16 | She was old and a snob . |
| 17 | I was six years old and the scene was the dim and secluded scullery in my grandparents ' house . |
| 18 | Rudston is basically a farming community , but mechanisation and modernisation have resulted in much less employment than of old and the majority of people now travel out of the village to work . |
| 19 | She did n't much rate her chances of getting hold of the key to Charlie 's desk , but the desk itself was so old and the drawer appeared to be so ill-fitting that a touch of leverage might just spring it open . |
| 20 | Although the idea of WCY is over a year old and the year is now a month old , Britain has only just announced its six-man committee to represent the country 's interests . |
| 21 | He was 88 years old and the smile he gave me as we said goodbye made my day . |
| 22 | One went as Miss Rochdale in these old and the other was Miss Trendsetter . |
| 23 | TWO OF THE YOUNGEST REFUGEES : THE BOY IS FIVE YEARS OLD AND THE GIRL SIX PHOTO : WIENER LIBRARY |
| 24 | A typical Neolithic mine is not very different from our contemporary idea of a mine even though these are over 4000 years old and the interior of the mine at Grimes Graves is shown in Figure 6.6 . |
| 25 | Within a period of about 20Myr ( taking the Ediacaran faunas as 560Myr old and the base of the Cambrian as 540Myr old ) , the oceans changed from habitats housing a rich but effectively microscopic biota , to one teeming with macroscopic animals engaged in a wide range of ecologies and presumably showing a degree of behavioural sophistication . |
| 26 | On examination of the bones he decided that they were very old and the smell that exuded was particularly obnoxious . |
| 27 | Then , pointing to the Labrador , who had already arrived , Sophie said , ‘ She 's ten years old and the pet of a handicapped child . ’ |
| 28 | He was now 25 years old and the episode on the island still haunted him at nights . |
| 29 | It is possible to foster pups with a mother whose natural litter would be 2 — 3 days old but the success rate is lower . |
| 30 | The world grows old but the Bastard Boy keeps his perfection . |