Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [prep] the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was silent too , because I was thinking about the old man . |
| 2 | Yes , of course they are , but we , I was talking about the old sort of diesel multiple unit . |
| 3 | It opened almost at once and I was confronted by the old lady . |
| 4 | ‘ The high priest got all the young good-looking ones while I was left with the old fat ones . ’ |
| 5 | Nothing of theirs was left except the old seal and spoon . |
| 6 | ‘ Sure , her … last I heard , she was living in the old family house in Illinois . |
| 7 | They look like extras from Mary Poppins , ’ she joked.A visit to the home of an old Nepali woman in Dharan town left her moved.As she came out of the tiny thatch-roofed hut with mud floors and no electricity , in which she was huddled with the old woman for several minutes , she said : ‘ I shall never complain again . ’ |
| 8 | As Sara dialled the Kensington number of her stepfather 's house , she had a vision of the hall where the telephone table was , and she was invaded with the old feeling of inadequacy . |
| 9 | She was working at the old people 's home , just up the road — ’ |
| 10 | She was smiling at the old woman in the window ; she nodded to Melissa as she climbed the two or three stone steps leading to the house . |
| 11 | Eyeing his enormous frame with amused speculation , she suddenly grinned , not even aware that slowly , little by little , she was reverting to the old Hilary . |
| 12 | He replies : ’ we were formed from the old Liberal Prty and the SDP . |
| 13 | They were acquitted at the Old Bailey of making illegal exports , after saying the Government knew the company was doing business with Saddam Hussein . |
| 14 | Employees qualified for travel expenses while they were commuting between the old and new locations , before moving into accommodation in the new area . |
| 15 | They were looking to the old Roman virtues for the explanation of Roman success , but the Romans had acquired power by divesting themselves of their old Roman habits . |
| 16 | Although it can not be proved , there is a strong likelihood that they were working at the old Tilberthwaite Mine in the early part of the next century … someone was , as we shall see late . |
| 17 | And what happened you see , the wind got up during the night , and this small fire we had you see , started spreading back among the undergrowth , and then the more it was back , the bigger it was t gaining ground , and it was getting to the old stuff do you see , And then it was a good flare then . |
| 18 | The reason for that is it was done on the old viewing system . |
| 19 | Pence and pounds than it was to deal with the old pounds , shillings and pence . |
| 20 | The engine was reputed to have done 99,000 miles by the time it was extracted from the old Herald in 1988 , but Tony is sceptical . |
| 21 | THE Restoration and maintenance of the village green and its stream had been a major project for the year , it was noted at the Old Alresford Parish Council 's recent annual general meeting in the Christy Hall . |
| 22 | Evolutionism played only a minor role because it was associated with the old , rather amateurish techniques that led to unlimited speculation . |
| 23 | It was designed by the old masters to allow for the aesthetic development of the practitioner . |
| 24 | It was settled by the Old English in compact villages such as Ashwell and Litlington , which were surrounded by large open fields . |
| 25 | There was a delay , but at last it was opened by the old lady . |
| 26 | It was known as the old Edinburgh road . |
| 27 | The fair was known as Barnaby Fair as it was held on the old Feast of St Barnabas on the 22nd June ; more recently it has been held on the Tuesday nearest this date . |
| 28 | It was sitting in the old swivel chair in the manager 's office , reading a paper . |
| 29 | Paul , 21 , broke down in tears when he was asked at the Old Bailey if he intended to kill or seriously injure Oxford graduate John Lavender . |
| 30 | Bath Street , which he was building in the old centre after 1791 , is probably his finest work , with sweeping quadrant arms and a covered promenade of Ionic columns . |