Example sentences of "[vb past] in the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the New Testament , God is likened to a father , a shepherd and the owner of a vineyard ( among other images , including some found in the Old Testament ) . |
| 2 | It is simply due to the fact that the diffused , little defined , fitfully manifested and sometimes sub-personal presence of God as Spirit which we found in the Old Testament , becomes clearly focused for the first time in Jesus of Nazareth . |
| 3 | ‘ A lot of the lead-based paints we used in the old days would n't be permitted today , ’ he pointed out . |
| 4 | That was how the words occurred in the old Latin poem . |
| 5 | This occurred in the old water authorities . |
| 6 | It is , however , not only a story of what happened in the Old and New Testament but also provides guidance on how to live , tells of the life to come and gives protection against spirits and devils . |
| 7 | Barbarism , similarly , is divided into three substages but in this case the stages are not seen as universal , since according to Engels , they differed in the old and the new world . |
| 8 | ‘ We hope you 'll be very happy here , ’ chimed in the old lady , ‘ do n't we , Walter ? ’ |
| 9 | In December 1990 a collection of locomotive parts arrived in the old goods yard at Swanage . |
| 10 | A flash of black fury shone in the old woman 's eyes . |
| 11 | This last was exacerbated by the overcrowding which existed in the old , foetid and disease-ridden central area , where cholera made sudden savage attacks and typhoid was endemic . |
| 12 | Prudential Assurance 's policy treats items such as the installation of a telephone and television aerials where they existed in the old house but not in the new and the reconnection of electrical/gas appliances as separate items . |
| 13 | We met in the old Majestic Hotel , where I was staying , and I asked him about his former student in Berlin . |
| 14 | At the same time , the Bishop of Rome began to become more important in the west , partly because the Emperor no longer lived in the old capital . |
| 15 | Anyway he lived in the old hut after the railway was taken up , we did n't see much of him in the winter but when the spring came round he would appear again . |
| 16 | Mrs Bennet of Upper Halling who lived in the old Chapel Houses was also a staunch member of this little Church and assisted Mrs Still until her death . |
| 17 | ‘ The thing is , ’ she said , ‘ that he still thinks I 'm the person he used to know when we all lived in the old hole in the bank . |
| 18 | If the transferred employee insists on moving into bigger or more ‘ up market ’ accommodation , the excess mortgage allowance is based on the price of housing comparable with that owned in the old area . |
| 19 | According to Ken he worked in the old Government Commission , which was tucked away in the back somewhere , until the present Government wound it up and the Cabinet Office took over its functions . |
| 20 | Rain took in the old expensive furniture , the floor length windows which , beyond their bolted shutters , would have coastal views . |
| 21 | That was the year the city 's deputy was found beaten to death , in a village near Riba ; the landlords had paid a gang to kill him , just as they did in the old days , before Davide left for America . |
| 22 | They first appeared in the Old World during Sigmar 's time , when a whole band crossed the Worlds Edge Mountains and conquered the other Orcs that lived in the hills to the northwest of Stirland . |
| 23 | As it happened , in the first book , Mrs Curdle paid her final visit to the place , but her grandson Ben took over the fair and continued in the old lady 's footsteps for several years . |
| 24 | Now this , I think , GPs had in the old days , they had much more exciting lives … . |
| 25 | All animosity towards her husband dissolved and a spark of affection for him seemed to light up inside her , as it had in the old days . |
| 26 | She was feeling exactly as she had in the old days . |
| 27 | The chief engineer 's department remained in the old CEB headquarters , and Hacking and Pask were looked upon by the divisions as the engineering heads of the industry , but the division of responsibilities at the top of the BEA , as we have seen , envisaged a role also for Self , as the deputy chairman in charge of administration ( pp. 12–13 , above ) . |
| 28 | Theseus and Antiope are finely finished all round ; but the back of Athena is left rough ( an important document for archaic technique ) and she clearly stood in the old formal kore-pose . |