Example sentences of "how old " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | ‘ You 're a strange boy , Billy , how old are you ? ’ |
| 2 | I did tell you how old I am , did n't I ? ’ |
| 3 | This person turned to him and asked how old he was . |
| 4 | How old is he ? |
| 5 | Young Neil told how old man Allen one day for a bet had drawn a line across a bar-room floor at the Black Horse and challenged all comers to cross it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ How old is she ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ How old is she , Billy ? ’ |
| 8 | How old are you ................................. |
| 9 | To direct questions such as ‘ How old are you ? ’ |
| 10 | How old is the lady ? |
| 11 | She settled down to tell him how old Alan was while he leant forward , listening with pleasure to the slightly nasal accent of Stoke on Trent . |
| 12 | ‘ How old are you , Sergeant ? ’ he asked , abruptly . |
| 13 | ‘ How old is Miss Huntley ? ’ |
| 14 | How old : and how much ? |
| 15 | No one knew how old she was , but she looked as though she was made of leather and would last forever . |
| 16 | There came the brass tacks : how old was he ? |
| 17 | That was to stop him asking nosy questions , like how old you was . |
| 18 | That man … who took the lead … how old do you think he was ? … |
| 19 | Do you happen to know how old it is , for example ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ How old are you then ? ’ |
| 21 | How old is he ? ’ |
| 22 | And no matter how old I am , I 'm still my mum 's baby . |
| 23 | How old was she ? ’ |
| 24 | How old was he ? |
| 25 | Alida lifted her head and Dorothea thought how unbecoming tears were , after childhood , how old and ugly and formless they made a face . |
| 26 | Dorothea realised that she did not know how old Alida was but it must be around her own age . |
| 27 | ‘ Do you mind telling me how old you are , Miss Thorne ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ How old are you ? ’ |
| 29 | How old do you think Roirbak is ? |
| 30 | How old are you now ? ’ |