Example sentences of "they [vb past] the old [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They passed the old wreck of the SS Lancastria , Campbeltown steering 050 degrees to offset the tide 's strong northerly set , and reduced speed to 10 knots , the MGB 's echo-sounder probing for some depth of water as the destroyer twice churned over mud-bars . |
| 2 | Then they sold the old market to Citicorp which set about restoring it as a trading floor , aimed at meeting the demand generated by Big Bang . |
| 3 | Of course this was all photographed at the time , and they found the oldest plough in Europe . |
| 4 | Indeed , there was a moment when they seemed the oldest eyes in the world . |
| 5 | So they sang the old hymns with tears in their eyes and an ache of pride in their hearts . |
| 6 | They perpetuated the old traditions in new ways . |
| 7 | Officers have said they tolerated the old conditions for too long . |
| 8 | They closed the old door behind them and there I was , alone with a few dozen stiffs . |