Example sentences of "[verb] his old [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Cameron did not doubt his old bogeyman . |
2 | Towards the end of 1982 , Bernard was half-tempted to revive his old profession of writer and tackle a company history himself . |
3 | And the work that he had tried to prevent will now , ironically , endow his old age , even afford him a comfortable subsistence : this work which was viewed as such unprofitable employment |
4 | Nigel rescues his old club |
5 | Kenny Dalglish : Keeping his old club Liverpool guessing regarding the fitness of striker Alan Shearer for Blackburn 's visit to Anfield . |
6 | All that is known for certain is that Sigmar eventually put aside his crown and journeyed eastwards , supposedly to Karaz a Karak to meet his old friend Kurgan Ironbeard . |
7 | By the time Jamal Hamadan , accompanied by Sami Jafaar , arrived in Cyprus to meet his old friend at the Filanta hotel , Sergeant Mikalis had been banished to police school in Germany , and his successors in the room down the hall from the ‘ hot ’ suite had been drilled by Coleman to within an inch of their lives . |
8 | And all ironed and , I 'm glad I do n't have to do that , he has his old jumper on and a T-shirt smashing |
9 | Blackmore , 28 , who played only a cameo role in United 's Premier League triumph last season , looks like ending his Old Trafford career . |
10 | Up to then he had respected his old friend 's command abjuring him from creating the vortex . |
11 | Within the Cabinet , it was , paradoxically , Snowden — usually regarded as a sea-green incorruptible on the issue of free trade — who , overcome by hatred of Labour and a desire to smash his old party , appeared to relish the idea of an early election in which Labour would go down to defeat . |
12 | Alix , who had no idea of what the gossip was to be about , but who could sense its ominous crackling in the distance , wanted to go home , but tiresomely Brian , the party-hater , had managed to find his old friend Otto Werner and was deep in conversation about English social class , European intellectuals , the German education system , public schools , and the appointing of JPs and magistrates , a rich vein which they might have been able to explore for another hour at least , had Alix not been at their elbow , murmuring of departure . |
13 | He was dismayed to find his old teacher , Mr. Owen , suffering with tuberculosis , from which he later died . |
14 | When his son came back on Monday he found his old father resting in bed . |
15 | At the Vancouver summit in April Mr Clinton found his old line again , to good effect : aid to Russia , he said , was not charity , because ‘ it helps us ’ . |
16 | The King , now reconciled to the church and formally absolved from complicity in Becket 's murder , pursued his old path of family politics and territorial expansion . |
17 | He seems to have taken no part in public life under the Commonwealth , but when the Exchequer was re-established under the Protectorate he failed to regain his old post as auditor , having to wait for this until the Restoration , when he protested , perhaps predictably , that he had never really been a parliamentarian at all . |
18 | Gunn says his old boss is not dour , it is just that people misread his temperament . |
19 | SEAN CONNERY : the sum of the heroes he 's played ; inset , the perfect uncle , authoritative and kind but slightly removed , Connery revisits his old school in Edinburgh |
20 | Now he is trying to recapture his old swing having attempted a Faldo-type swing refit which has n't worked . |
21 | Now , just as Norman thought he had rekindled his old flame with a closing 63 at Montego Bay that would have floored anyone but Faldo , he must recover his wits again . |
22 | Hoomey shot up round Bones 's ears and Bones , remembering his old ways , shook him back into the saddle and let out some contented snorts . |
23 | Curtis had ended his call by suggesting that a Triad involvement would explain the apparent fanaticism and brutality displayed by the sect heavies , and warning his old friend to be careful . |
24 | His mother used to visit his older brother Simon and make a bit of a fuss of him but she totally blanked Nick and he was hurt . |
25 | John likes to visit his old friends and also travels to see his brother who has had a stroke . |
26 | He found it hard even to visit his old sidekick Bundini when he was dying . |
27 | At last he saw that , if he was ever to eliminate his old habits , then he must refuse to do anything at all until he had given himself the directions . |
28 | ‘ He did n't give me any easy shots , and from the first point to the last he played his old way . ’ |
29 | The younger man had hauled his older opponent from the ground and held him up against the wall with one hand while he pummelled his face with the other , and the blood covered his fist . |
30 | Previously , a bondholder could swap his old paper for new bonds with the same face value but , say , different rights and terms , without closing his options if the firm later went to chapter 11 . |