Example sentences of "[vb -s] from [art] old " in BNC.
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| 1 | Originally an Anglian settlement , the name stems from the Old English personal name ‘ Catta ’ . |
| 2 | Right:Two rams from an old Volvo dumper give 10 tonnes of lift at link ends . |
| 3 | The only ‘ box ’ which survives from the old system relates to contact with key people in the constituency . |
| 4 | The new provision differs from the old in one significant way , by altering the terminology in which the Act is couched from the senior police officer 's ‘ opinion ’ that he is unable to prevent the serious public disorder to ‘ reasonably believes ’ that the imposition of conditions will not enable him to preserve order . |
| 5 | When new ones were completed , the seamstress was told to take out all used dress shields from the old costumes and stitch them into those due to be taken abroad . |
| 6 | A few miles south from Brora , past the Duke of Sutherland 's monstrous French-château fantasy castle at Dunrobin , is the town of Golspie , whose name derives from the old gaelic word meaning the ‘ place of the strangers ’ and although evidence is sparse , it is thought that the strangers in question were Vikings . |
| 7 | The word derives from the old French word bougette , meaning a little bag . |
| 8 | • the paths of daily life and work : of these , the newly laid-out path extends from the old building as far as the workshops ; |
| 9 | The defence lawyer , aged 41 , who comes from an old Berlin Jewish family , has impressive qualifications for what may become his most difficult case so far . |
| 10 | The word ‘ jargon ’ , according to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary , comes from an Old French root that has to do with the warbling of birds . |
| 11 | It comes from an old cottage garden just round where I . |
| 12 | The face is dished , like that of the Jersey , and it probably has some Jersey blood from the nineteenth century , while the brindling probably comes from the old Normandy Isigny variety , a good butter producer and big enough to be used as a draught ox on Alderney and Guernsey , whither it was taken by monks in the time of William the Conqueror . |
| 13 | The name tystie , which comes from the old Norse language , may refer to the birds ’ high-pitched , ‘ reedy ’ call . |
| 14 | The name comes from the old Norse word meaning ‘ to gush ’ and was not only given to the township nearby , but got into the English language as a descriptive name for any jet of water . |
| 15 | " Crackpot " comes from the Old Norse meaning " pothole of the crows " , and there is a fine view from its ruins downdale to Muker . |
| 16 | The word ‘ care ’ comes from the Old English carian , to suffer . |
| 17 | It 's a long-established human set-up , whose name comes from the Old Arcturean quickspeak for ’ family Organization ’ — because they like to affect a patriarchal system and because they demand the same absolute loyalty and devotion that one would show to close kinfolk . |
| 18 | Erika Barnes reports from the Old Bailey . |
| 19 | The last Elf army departs from the Old World , leaving behind a few hardy colonists who refused to go . |