Example sentences of "[vb pp] in the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intensity deepened in the old woman 's voice . |
| 2 | A second smaller Perspex Workshop located in the old building on Y floor produces perspex cradles and stands for material being placed on exhibition to ensure the items are safely supported . |
| 3 | This is continued in the breakfast room where a traditional-looking cast-iron stove has been installed in the old fireplace . |
| 4 | The hawk installed in the old bicycle shed , Jed moved into Upper VI . |
| 5 | Included in the Old English poems collected in the Exeter Book towards the end of the tenth century is the riddle which , in translation , runs : |
| 6 | In addition , the new version of the model must include all of the states which were included in the old version ( ie. states can not be deleted ) , otherwise module instances would be left in limbo . |
| 7 | By the end of their career , however , the old behemoths had either a ) realised the inherent contradictions contained in the old cloth or b ) run out of ideas for their record sleeves . |
| 8 | It is contained in the old aphorism ‘ the child is father to the man ’ , and expresses the belief that a child 's experiences in the early years will leave a mark on him for the rest of his life . |
| 9 | The new project will convert the site into a long-term ecologically safe system and dismantle , process transport and bury the fuel and radioactive materials contained in the old sarcophagus . |
| 10 | They spoke , wrote and thought in German , often sent their children to be educated in the old country , joined and sponsored German associations . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ Many of the problems concerning the children in Orkney would have been solved in the old days by the pressure of the community . |
| 12 | He confessed that everyone trusted him now , as they had done in the old days . |
| 13 | His orientation is also done in the old style ’ , whereas Green 's was a scientific effort . |
| 14 | Professor Gordon Dunstan is correct in arguing that ‘ The fundamentals of Christian social doctrine are written in the Old Testament — the Gospel had a different purpose . ’ |
| 15 | This is a direct reference to this technique , which was written in the old days of long boats , but as the boats in use get still shorter this steering effect reduces and the ease of veering off course increases . |
| 16 | When he does not accept the religion revealed in the Old Testament . |
| 17 | In this latter sense , preachers and theologians sought in the Old Testament ( with its sometimes unedifying stories ) types of the characters in the New Testament . |
| 18 | He had expected antiques , flowers , the portraits of past barons de Chavigny which had always hung in the old Baron 's offices . |
| 19 | Fry 's chocolates were made in the old centre of the city but as the business expanded they needed a large space for a modern factory and also easy ways of distributing the goods . |
| 20 | The hotel and its newly dug garden are protected from the winds and passing cows by a handsome new stone wall made in the old way — using the enormous smooth round boulders that litter the fields as if a giant 's child had grown bored with a game of marbles . |
| 21 | Sir John died in Tooting 5 June 1670 and was buried in the old church ; his will shows a debt due from the tsar and an amount still owed him for his allowance as ambassador . |
| 22 | He died at Shaftesbury on 12 November 1035 and was buried in the Old Minster Winchester . |
| 23 | THERE are some real gems of bargains to be had in the old jewellery market claim Bonhams , the London auctioneers . |
| 24 | This thing he was putting himself in for was not ordinary athletics , but a curious hybrid of a sport which , it seemed to Jazz now , was so peculiarly rooted in the old British tradition that anyone pretending to come into it wearing a bloody turban was going to stick out like a clown in a gathering of clerics . |
| 25 | First , the 1945 election would be regarded as some kind of high point in terms of the programme choice offered to the electorate by the Labour and Conservative Parties : Labour was out to create a new socialist Britain whilst the Conservatives were still rooted in the Old Toryism of empire and unregulated capitalism . |
| 26 | It was good housewifery , performed in the old way . |
| 27 | The arrival of the wise men and the offering of their gifts are also reflected in the Old Testament : ‘ … the nations shall march towards your light and their kings to your sunrise … all coming from Sheba laden with gold and frankincense , heralds of God 's praise ’ ( Isaiah 60:3 , 6 ; see also Psalms 72:10 ) . |
| 28 | The hostel at Whitby is housed in the old abbey stables , all that is habitable of this splendid cliff-top ruin where Caedmon , the simple cowherd regarded by many as the father of English music , once sang of the Creation with a voice like an angel . |
| 29 | The opulent lounge , with monumental wooden fireplace , the bar , with tasteful vaulted ceiling , and the luminous dining-room are housed in the old mansion which is connected to a larger , modern building which houses the bedrooms . |
| 30 | In 1764 Thomas Paine was posted to Alford to work in the Excise Office which was housed in the old Windmill Inn in the market place . |