Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the old [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In January of 1825 Barratt had decided upon an ambitious and costly project ; a deep adit level to be driven as a cross-cut , some 230 yds. downstream from Taylor 's Level into the eastern bank of Red Dell Beck and in a northerly direction , to come in below the old workings and to explore the vein , especially below that section expected to be opened up by Taylor 's . |
| 2 | The verbal instructions are important — they will act as reminders in the days following the lesson and help the pupil to inhibit his natural tendency to slip back into the old habits . |
| 3 | ‘ Let's go and find the bastards , ’ Sharpe grunted , and once he had said it he marvelled at how easy it was to slip back into the old ways of speaking about the enemy . |
| 4 | Sam 's boat was one of the last to sail in between the old forts , and Harry , who was standing at the end of the stone quay in order to crow over the birth of his son and demand payment of his winnings , saw with a twinge of jealousy that Gristy 's ketch was well down in the water . |
| 5 | But Tory schools minister Michael Fallon , MP for Darlington hit back : ‘ No one wants to go back to the old days of councillors running hospitals , of Nupe deciding whether or not your operations should be carried out . ’ |
| 6 | But to go back to the old ways ‘ would be a colossal mistake , ’ he declared . |
| 7 | Nevertheless you also feel pressure on you to go back to the old ways . |
| 8 | After the luxury of labour-saving devices it is just too tedious to go back to the old ways . |
| 9 | We need to go back to the old ways : I mean , think of it , it was in the Andes that corn was improved , that the potato was developed . |
| 10 | A message needs to be sent loud and clear to the Church of England Synod that a complete change in thinking is vital if the new wine is not to burst out of the old wineskins and be lost . |