Example sentences of "[vb past] at the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elisabeth stopped at the old peat barge , the single landmark on an otherwise featureless wilderness . |
| 2 | We somehow got on to the subject of detective stories , for it had been with some surprise that I learnt at the Old Parsonage meeting that at one time he had read them with avidity . |
| 3 | " … over backwards to accommodate you , but it really does look , I 'm afraid , as though this incident with the canal and the cat has to be just about the last straw , ah Steve , I understand from Mr Ashton here — " Smith nodded at the older man , who pursed his lips and nodded back , " — that Mr ah … |
| 4 | The BX 4x4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had , reluctantly , to admit that it was time to head for home . |
| 5 | The BX 4×4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had reluctantly to admit that it was time to head for home . |
| 6 | Tess and Angel arrived at the old d'Urberville farmhouse . |
| 7 | It was late when they arrived at the old house and by tacit consent they went straight to bed . |
| 8 | She stood up and grinned at the old man who owed her his life . |
| 9 | Josie glanced at the old folding travel alarm that she kept open on the makeup table , and said , ‘ I have to go somewhere for a minute . |
| 10 | He glanced at the older man striding so purposefully beside him . |
| 11 | She worked at the old Co-Op in Priestgate and a clothing factory , then in 1950 she married and moved to Nelson , Lancashire . |
| 12 | He snarled at the old woman . |
| 13 | We started at the old junction with the Cambrian Line , Cemmaes Road , and immediately found a problem . |
| 14 | He stared at the old man . |
| 15 | Artemis stared at the old woman 's whiskery face . |
| 16 | The thirteen men laughed at the old man and rode on . |
| 17 | Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly . |
| 18 | Corbett looked at the old drunken face and knew Benstede was being sardonic . |
| 19 | I looked at the old man calmly sitting on his mat and hated him , knowing — knowing myself — that nothing would come of this . |
| 20 | The child stared towards it as if in recognition of something held in memory ; then she turned and looked at the old woman , who was sitting on the couch unlacing her boots , and she said , ‘ You have a garden . ’ |
| 21 | Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're proud of it , are n't you , Aged ? ’ said Wemmick , his face losing all its usual hardness as he looked at the old man . |
| 23 | Monks hesitated and looked at the old man , but Mr Brownlow 's expression was so serious and determined that the younger man realized it was pointless to protest . |
| 24 | Fingers across the map to retrace their journey — from the New Inn they went to the English chapel , walked to the shore , saw the Marischal College , were welcomed at the Town House , viewed Old Aberdeen , looked at the Old College , visited the King 's College where Sir Alexander Gordon was professor of Medicine , and visited two bookshops . |
| 25 | He was trying to joke but he was unable to smile as he looked at the old cow . |
| 26 | She looked at the old man . |
| 27 | Conway looked at the old man and felt afraid . |
| 28 | Karen looked at the old man and for a moment she saw something cold and frightening in his smiling eyes . |
| 29 | She looked at the old narrow beams that stretched across the ceiling , at the white-painted walls and the brightly coloured furniture , comfortable chairs and the mellow , shining wood of tables and bookcases . |
| 30 | He looked at the old man , peering darkly under his down-drawn brows ; and there was one who would have questioned and writhed and wondered , pondering long before he would have given any answer , and then , most likely , regretting the answer he had given , whatever it chanced to be . |