Example sentences of "[to-vb] his old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Towards the end of 1982 , Bernard was half-tempted to revive his old profession of writer and tackle a company history himself . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He was dismayed to find his old teacher , Mr. Owen , suffering with tuberculosis , from which he later died . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Now he is trying to recapture his old swing having attempted a Faldo-type swing refit which has n't worked . |
| 9 | John likes to visit his old friends and also travels to see his brother who has had a stroke . |
| 10 | He found it hard even to visit his old sidekick Bundini when he was dying . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In the early 1980s , Dan tried to trace his old crew and received this letter from the Veterans Administration , informing him ‘ We regret to advise you that our records reflect the deaths of three of your crew : — Edward C Chambers , July 31 , 1973 ; William F Mackowiak , November 10 , 1975 ; Charles J Wilson , January 2 , 1978 . |
| 13 | The letter was sent by Francis Tonge , who lives in South Yunderup , Western Australia , and had used a Darlington telephone directory to try to trace his old pal . |
| 14 | Mr McGregor says he 'll be sorry to leave his old job where he 's presided over the education reforms . |
| 15 | This was to use his old friends of 216 Squadron to resupply his force by landing their Bombays in the desert . |
| 16 | And does Bob Halton have to use his old car or the demands of his mother to protect him from yet another demanding woman , whom he senses beneath the caring , loving girl he married ? |
| 17 | Charles Henstock , whose belief in an after-life was absolute , had never been able to persuade his old friend to share his convictions , and he had once told Donald , after an amicable exchange of views on the subject , that he considered the doctor to be the finest unbeliever he had been privileged to meet . |
| 18 | Two men from poor northern city backgrounds , who later became very wealthy , tried to set up their elderly parents in comfort : Andrew Carnegie , American millionaire bachelor , gave his Scots mother , ‘ my best friend and trustiest counsellor ’ , a house and a carriage and pair as he had promised her when young , while a Manchester mill-owner failed to persuade his old mother to spend more than £1 a week , but ‘ would pet her like the sweetheart she was . ’ |
| 19 | He reached Britain this week , but then refused to turn up for several arranged interviews and acted aggressively enough to justify his old nickname , Killer . |
| 20 | And he has quite forgotten his past until , during a London visit to his erstwhile playmate , the 92-year-old ‘ Grandma Wendy ’ ( Maggie Smith ) , Hook ( Dustin Hoffman ) spirits Banning 's children away to Neverland in an attempt to lure his old adversary back . |
| 21 | And he has quite forgotten his past until , during a London visit to his erstwhile playmate , the 92-year-old ‘ Grandma Wendy ’ ( Maggie Smith ) , Hook ( Dustin Hoffman ) spirits Banning 's children away to Neverland in an attempt to lure his old adversary back . |
| 22 | More striking is the example of Ralph Bigod who , safely transferred to the service of Henry VII and his mother , still refused to criticize his old master . |
| 23 | More striking is the example of Ralph Bigod who , safely transferred to the service of Henry VII and his mother , still refused to criticize his old master . |
| 24 | Chen said the new company will draw on potential investors located while he was trying to save his old company : ‘ We will now apply what we learned in designing and building a new machine for early market introduction . ’ |
| 25 | As Sergei went off to call his old friends , I turned into the lounge area where tea was being served , and found Surkov and Masha there . |
| 26 | United lost with Martin Foyle scoring two goals to sink his old team . |
| 27 | Modigliani felt the pain of these visits more than any of them , and was horrified to see his old friend in dingy and sinister surroundings , humiliated and frightened . |
| 28 | With a heavy heart Mr Utterson replaced the envelope in the cupboard , put on his coat and went to see his old friend Doctor Lanyon . |
| 29 | If , instead , he had replied by a whole sentence — say — ‘ Mr Smith 's away this week , gone up North to see his old mother ’ this would have been understood whereas a proper name ( Edinburgh ) out of the blue and with no helpful context is n't easy ! |
| 30 | It seems that these were received and that he was able to continue his Old Testament translations until the very end , reaching the Book of Jonah . |