(1) The landlady Anika was a senile old bird and was always telling me off for not paying my bills when I'd just paid her the day before.

(2) She's a strong old bird , but I don't think she'll recover from this one.

(3) When skeet shooting or bird hunting, those that ride high on the nose are preferred since you are shooting at objects moving upwards.

(4) The valley is teeming with bird life

(5) Moisten the top of the bird with olive oil and then season with thyme, rosemary, oregano, salt, pepper and a few pinches of cayenne.

(6) Will that wily old bird be proved right in the next few months?

(7) Carve the bird and arrange on a warmed serving plate

(8) She's a sharp old bird

(9) The black back of the bird separated the two wings from each other.

(10) A fit bird means a girl who is pretty good looking or tasty!

(11) I had a friend who worked abroad minus his wife and ran off with a younger bird .

(12) Occasionally, a bird fluffs feathers and wings in a short flight, before returning to the field of perpetual avian motion.

(13) If you flipped through the channels fast enough, it looked like the old bird had finally made up with Diana.

(14) Who's that good-looking bird?

(15) Note the curled feathers on the wings, which become more prominent when the bird raises its wings during threat display

(16) They were not the feathered wings of a bird or the leathery ones of a bat, but something in-between, sharing the features of both.

(17) The champion is a wily old bird however and Arthur was unable to press home his advantage.

(18) After you have clipped his wing, your bird will still be able to fly, but not for any distance.

(19) But when in Rome London, might as well embrace the moment and see what the old bird has to offer.

(20) I always like to relive those days spent flying the MATS version of it all over the world - a great bird .