Old British
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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If the old British adage holds true that a week is a long time in politics, then Zelensky appears to have set a new record.
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Because once again detectives are searching for clues as to what happened to Madeleine McCann, the three-year old British girl who went missing in May 2007, making the little seaside resort of Praia Da Luz famous for all the wrong reasons.
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The 120-year old British brand came under full control of German carmaker BMW in 2003 and officially opened the site in West Sussex the same year.
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Allen Forecast said he thought Mr Farage was "funny, some of the things he does, good old British style really, but I wouldn't want him running the country".
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Intuitive Machine's 675kg Odysseus lander is about the size of an old British telephone box.
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