Example sentences of "he [was/were] old [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was old enough to be Phil 's father . |
| 2 | It illustrates the fact that the child is puzzled or confused about a subject on which he should have had reasonably clear instruction as soon as he was old enough to be taught anything at all . |
| 3 | He was old enough to be her father , and she convinced herself that she was suffering from too much imagination . |
| 4 | Even though he was old enough to be my father and now walking like an old , old man , every feminine instinct I possessed was reminding me most pleasantly that he was neither my father nor an old , old man . |
| 5 | I thought I would catch the child and make him my friend before he was old enough to be frightened of my terrible face . |
| 6 | Although , she thought with uncharitable spitefulness , he was old enough to be her father . |
| 7 | He was old enough to be her father ! |