Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] an old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A LEGEND originating in the island of Kythnos , Greece , tells how March was so angry with an old woman for thinking he was a summer month that he borrowed a day from his brother , February , and froze her and her flocks to death . |
| 2 | There was nothing so dead as an old love , and what they had shared had only been desire on his part . |
| 3 | Reeth is a fine Dales town more typical of an old East Riding town than a town of the Craven dales . |
| 4 | She is cruelly twisted with arthritis but her spirit is livelier than a young lass 's , more concerned for an old friend in Lamlash who has the same complaint — that dread West Coast damp — and is quite unable to move . |
| 5 | It 's also dangerous for an old person to stay long out-of-doors in very cold conditions — for instance , waiting by a bus stop . |
| 6 | There was something slightly shocking about an old woman drinking wine alone in a bed-sitting room . |
| 7 | He learned his trade and was reasonably competitive in an old car for someone who had no money for either equipment or spares . |
| 8 | Many babies are perfectly happy with an old washing-up bowl filled with water , but a simple inflatable paddling pool is easy to find in the shops and generally fairly cheap . |
| 9 | You see , it was entirely within his character to create a situation of interest either by being excessively cantankerous as an old man , or by exhibiting his somewhat childish traits . |
| 10 | He grew very portly as an old man and although by this time he had become something of a legend to the other members of his club ( " The Hero of Krishnapur " ) , one might have thought that he himself had entirely forgotten about the siege . |
| 11 | Each leaf on the Lemande Tree , given its name after the Old English word for shining and glittering , will represent a donation towards the appeal to build a glass-walled community centre for the elderly and mentally ill within an old church in Morningside , Edinburgh . |
| 12 | Non-tidal and desperately steep , they 'll be too hard for an old fart like me ; but round the corner is a huge , blocky , roofed sweep of rock on which I 'd reckon to stand a chance . |
| 13 | ‘ It cost far too much and is far too grand for an old fellow like me . ’ |
| 14 | It can be very nice for an older woman to have a partner who treats her as an equal , ’ says Dr Tysoe . |