Example sentences of "old [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave the old trenchcoat a tap or two . |
| 2 | and er he went in an old car a model A Ford , there 's a model T Ford on that one |
| 3 | It would take time to set that to rights , and make of Carlotta 's old home a palace fit for her brother to live in . |
| 4 | 12.10 : Stopped at Petrol Station to give our old mini-bus a drink and some air . |
| 5 | And dark in the dark old inn-yard a stable-wicket creaked Where Tim , the ostler , listened ; his face was white and peaked , His eyes were hollows of madness , his hair like mouldy hay ; But he loved the landlord 's daughter , |
| 6 | Since Dysart too had been to Oxford , it was possible that by taking Morpurgo on at Tyler 's Hard he had merely been doing an old chum a favour . |
| 7 | Yeah , but give the old girl a bit of respect son . |
| 8 | Bring the old girl a chair will you , lads ? ’ |
| 9 | But the soldiers thought it was great altogether to be near to Tara , and began to talk about getting up a party to go along and take a look , because would n't it be the finest old inspiration a man could have to see the Bright Palace again . |
| 10 | True to her word , Nelly Tilling called frequently at Albert Piggott 's house , and enjoyed cleaning up the place and cooking her old friend a meal . |
| 11 | For a moment I thought Clara was going to give the old woman a piece of her mind . |
| 12 | Make old age a time of opportunity . |
| 13 | Under the old method a pensioner , for example , or unemployed teenager , sharing a house with the family was assumed to have a separate , and often lower , income . |
| 14 | Embarrassed by his lack of courage , he wandered forlornly about the town , finding in an old church a copy of Titian 's ‘ Burial of Christ ’ that might have been done by Breton . |
| 15 | ‘ Your old man a hero ? |
| 16 | I gave the old man a tip , and soon Mrs M. and I were speeding back to Ballina . |
| 17 | When the Almighty makes an old man a great-grandfather , better he should learn of it quickly . ‘ |