Example sentences of "made the old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For today 's kites have one unique quality which made the old ones so tiresome to fly . |
| 2 | A wind such as East Anglia only knows , cruel , ‘ lazy ’ ( too lazy to go round you , going through you instead ) , a wind which made the old ladies in the town say : ‘ Oi 've got me thermals on ’ . |
| 3 | And I sha n't come back until I remember what the great Daybog said , " This news made the old man very sad , for he loved Yanek the best of his three grandsons . |
| 4 | All summer English cricket has been highly suspicious about how the Pakistanis made the old ball swing about so violently . |
| 5 | Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen . |
| 6 | From here you can see the summit of lofty Braeriach to the south-west , iced with a mantle of snow for the majority of the year , and you start to understand what made the old men in shirt sleeves point . |
| 7 | I just let out a giggle of disbelief which made the old gecko who ran the class flutter his ruff at me in disapproval ; I calmed him with a quip and continued the negotiations with my round and financially tenacious new chum . |
| 8 | Dangerous driving cos he made the old woman give over and overtook somewhere totally stupid and probably find he had no brake . |