Example sentences of "[vb past] the old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met the old lady as I was walking down a steep path out of the village . |
| 2 | He met the old T'ang 's eyes , a look of understanding passing between them that escaped the young Prince 's notice . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sorry ? ’ whispered the old woman . |
| 4 | Overhead he could now hear the dull roar and crackle of fire , as the hungry flames devoured the old house above him . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Marie passed the old chalets , neglected and boarded up now , their paint peeling , their woodwork rotting away , that used to be rented out to holidaymakers . |
| 7 | By the time I passed the old creche again it was getting darker and the insects were out . |
| 8 | ‘ My spirits , too , ’ agreed the old lady , throwing a wry glance at Theda , who was over by the windows . |
| 9 | He hugged the old tailor to him , kissing his cheek while the tears rolled from his eyes . |
| 10 | For today 's kites have one unique quality which made the old ones so tiresome to fly . |
| 11 | A wind such as East Anglia only knows , cruel , ‘ lazy ’ ( too lazy to go round you , going through you instead ) , a wind which made the old ladies in the town say : ‘ Oi 've got me thermals on ’ . |
| 12 | And I sha n't come back until I remember what the great Daybog said , " This news made the old man very sad , for he loved Yanek the best of his three grandsons . |
| 13 | All summer English cricket has been highly suspicious about how the Pakistanis made the old ball swing about so violently . |
| 14 | Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen . |
| 15 | From here you can see the summit of lofty Braeriach to the south-west , iced with a mantle of snow for the majority of the year , and you start to understand what made the old men in shirt sleeves point . |
| 16 | I just let out a giggle of disbelief which made the old gecko who ran the class flutter his ruff at me in disapproval ; I calmed him with a quip and continued the negotiations with my round and financially tenacious new chum . |
| 17 | Dangerous driving cos he made the old woman give over and overtook somewhere totally stupid and probably find he had no brake . |
| 18 | The Minworth subsidiary , Strontian Minerals Ltd , reopened the old Strontian lead mine in western Scotland to extract baryte from open pit and underground workings . |
| 19 | Whereupon I fell about in my chair at this with an effective simulacrum of sycophancy , then matadored the old charm around in front of him for a few minutes , and before you could say fundador Walt was on his knees begging me for the coup de grâce . |
| 20 | Lewis , a metre behind , equalled the old world record of 9.93 seconds but could not even console himself with a new American best for he only equalled the time of Calvin Smith . |
| 21 | Tora ! filming was not a happy one , as the film crew obliterated the old paint on the airframe and ground-looped a gear leg off during the filming . |
| 22 | If you doubt that , read the Old Testament . |
| 23 | She drew in a great sharp breath which shook her shoulders , then wiped the old man 's chin with a cloth . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In November 19X1 the Bank of England defined a new monetary sector which amalgamated the old banking sector with a number of other related institutions . |
| 26 | By Jaysus , they run to the top and stabbed the old fella to death . |
| 27 | His head must have fallen almost directly on top of one of the tall spikes that surmounted the old iron rail . |
| 28 | Or will it be Christie , the sprinter who , at 32 , became the oldest man ever to win the blue riband sprint title . |
| 29 | Or will it be Christie , the sprinter who , at 32 , became the oldest man ever to win the blue riband sprint title . |
| 30 | Belle Robertson , at 45 , became the oldest winner of the Ladies ' Championship . |