Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] the old [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And you want to know about the old man 's will ? ’ |
| 2 | Firstly , it is a family archive covering the period since the thirteenth century ; secondly , the dukes of Norfolk have been Earls Marshal and Hereditary Marshals of England for many centuries ; and finally , as the family has adhered to the old religion , many documents have an important bearing on English ( Roman ) Catholic history . |
| 3 | The white seat is designed to fit over the old seating , and the green insertion tool seen here is used to push it firmly into place |
| 4 | Frequently it is designed quickly in order to solve a problem that has occurred with the old system . |
| 5 | The insolvency department has moved to Southampton based Lyon Pilcher , the Salisbury office is closing down with the loss of four jobs , and Gaynor Harris is back where she started with the Southampton practice ( to be known as Hook Harris ) which she has bought from the old partnership with Charles Bullworthy , with money borrowed from family and friends . |
| 6 | In the end I decided to try to speak to the old man again . |
| 7 | Unlike the UBR , the Community Charge sought to depart from the old rating system method of calculating local taxes . |
| 8 | The difference yields a political meaning , in other words , and it would also appear to relate to the old theory of the difference between an author who tells and an author who shows , and who employs a medley of voices in order to do so . |
| 9 | She had felt trapped by the old mesh of loyalty and shame . |
| 10 | Although he never grew much above 5′5″ , Bremner was always in the thick of disputes and played according to the old motto , when the going gets tough , the tough get going . |
| 11 | This was not only a matter of pride but was also done to conform to the old City by-law which called for the cleansing of pavements by 3 p.m. each day . |
| 12 | Midnight shrugged , not wanting to talk about the old slave days in Spanish Town or Montserrat , walking her along , keeping clear of the last idling stragglers . |
| 13 | Given the difficult economic climate , many clients have decided to opt for the old adage that things can only be managed if they can be measured . |
| 14 | Now that used to go in the old stew pot and they used to boil the bones till the meat dropped off , and the vegetables And that was your most of your meal for the rest of the week . |
| 15 | Would you like to go to the old rink to do some skating ? [ drink ] |
| 16 | The only good thing about all this was that the procession was going to march through the Old City . |
| 17 | Now in one of the most prestigious and historic posts in the country , he includes looking after the Old Bailey among his new responsibilities . |
| 18 | However , the real key to an encouraging performance at the lineout by the home team was surely that , given the choice , England would much have preferred to play under the old lineout laws , Wales under the new . |
| 19 | Now he is churning out line with a 15lb breaking strain and it is proving so popular that he has now got rid of the old banger he had been driving around in for years and bought his first executive saloon . |
| 20 | If he thinks we are going to return to the old trick of frightening people into the ballot box by raising red bogeys or fascist bogeys , then he is sadly mistaken , ’ he said in an interview on BBC Breakfast News . |
| 21 | Although a number of influential parties had been trying to have New Year 's flay changed from the old style 13th of the month to 1st , the majority of the natives were loath to change and both days were partially observed . |
| 22 | ‘ Ca n't think why we ever got rid of the old bat . |
| 23 | Then I began to walk along the old coach road . |
| 24 | They had talked about words during that drive , well , place-names really , with particular reference to the villages that were called Roding after the river : High Roding , Berners Roding , Margaret Roding , and Rufus told him they were pronounced Roothing from the old Danish , which Adam had n't known before . |
| 25 | They thought I had made a huge mistake in getting rid of the old collection in preference for collecting what they unanimously regarded as ‘ junk ’ . |
| 26 | For a time it became known as the Old Mill , and later Mill House . |
| 27 | The idea was that " bubbles " of the new phase of broken symmetry would have formed in the old phase , like bubbles of steam surrounded by boiling water . |
| 28 | You would have to strip off the old veneer and put a whole new one on . |
| 29 | It was very late when he left the party , and as he was unable to obtain transport to his home in Mountsorrel , he decided to walk along the old track-bed from Belgrave to Rothley Station , this being the most direct route home . |
| 30 | He had lost whatever little respect he might have had for the old guard of English political life . |