Example sentences of "[to-vb] my old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think they rather wanted me to wear my old farm clothes , but we compromised with a grey check skirt which a good friend gave me , and a blue jumper . |
| 2 | I was delighted to see my old friend Bessie again . |
| 3 | I 'm interested to see my old buddy Ken DaMange taking pride of place in midfield . |
| 4 | I have thought about going up to Clove Lodge in the dark to say hello to Rosa , when I would n't be able to see my old place . |
| 5 | If you ever get up our way call in to see my old lassie , ’ he took and held their hands . |
| 6 | ‘ Isa has not seen me since the happy news and it is that which restores me to near my old self . ’ |
| 7 | He favoured her with a slightly haggard smile , but his voice was dry and laboured as he said : ‘ I 'm delighted to meet my old friend 's niece . |
| 8 | Then he said , ‘ I need to remember my old life , and what Jake Rosso was like . |
| 9 | ‘ I want to visit my old school friend Nellie Musgrove , who lives in the Via Botteghe Oscure , ’ said Daisy firmly , ‘ so I may get Edwin to take me along there . |
| 10 | It would be crazy to leave it empty , and I do n't think I could bring myself to sell my old family home . |
| 11 | I liked it when Kaptan described his moment of deliverance , the point at which I tried to shoot my old comrade in arms in the back , then the desperate fumble to see who 'd get their shots off first . |
| 12 | ‘ I want her to buy my old car , and she 's stupid enough to do that . ’ ‘ |
| 13 | ‘ By 1988 , having joined the show in 1986 , I was desperately missing gigging , and I was asked to put my old band The Y-Fronts back together for a charity performance . |
| 14 | I did so , and seeing I was of no more use , I rushed inside to awaken my older brother and sister to show them what had happened . |
| 15 | It would not do to alienate my oldest friends . ’ |
| 16 | I need to take my old pile of sleeping bags or something . |
| 17 | IT is a great privilege and pleasure for me to honour my old friend and colleague John Gillam , with whom I have worked and argued over the last thirty years . |
| 18 | My subsequent business activities were to involve my old colleague Barry Kirby in , commencing January 1981 and ending in the mid-eighties when the premises came in for redevelopment . |
| 19 | I have no wish to resume my old life . ’ |
| 20 | Now , Father McGiff told himself , I 'll be able to resume my old evening routine when I can stop my ears to the world outside and listen only to God within me . |