Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [art] old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to introduce Dana to Pernod , so I asked the old man for ‘ dos Pernod ’ . |
| 2 | I asked the old man why |
| 3 | I asked the old man about this client from the North and he remembered her . ’ |
| 4 | I asked the old man , his nose almost level with the steering wheel of his equally elderly car . |
| 5 | you see I met an old work mate of mine he said they were at Grantham |
| 6 | I met an old man by the sea , |
| 7 | ‘ I met an old man today , one of the down-and-outs , on my way back , ’ Stuart had said once at home , while his mother was getting ready to go out . |
| 8 | I met an old Jew there who had left Prague thirty years before and he asked me if there were still whores in Wenceslas Square ? |
| 9 | But I was walking in the market place , shortly after , only about just over a week after , and I met an old fellow who had retired from Hello Graham ! |
| 10 | I met the old lady as I was walking down a steep path out of the village . |
| 11 | I passed an old man cutting back the undergrowth with a rusty scythe . |
| 12 | Leaving the harbour high on the Pultney side of the river I passed an old folks ' home looking out over that cold North Sea ; only the dawn in winter can show any warmth . |
| 13 | By the time I passed the old creche again it was getting darker and the insects were out . |
| 14 | I got the old metal detected on , but , of course it could always be a bit of grit in it could n't it |
| 15 | Eventually I got an old house , I had another baby , I was still working and put the kids in a nursery . |
| 16 | and linked to that I was going to do a new information sheet , I found the old information sheet so I just bring that up to date |
| 17 | I found an old plough wheel , I still got that at home . |
| 18 | I found an old coat thrown across a garbage can in a back alley . |
| 19 | I found an old coat in the flea market and cut the good bits out . |
| 20 | When I visited the old housekeeper later that day , I found she was amazed by the news that I was going to marry the master . |
| 21 | I caught the old man 's hand , and cried , ‘ Now is the time ! |
| 22 | Musing on all I had seen , I hummed an old Eileen Donaghue song , ‘ The Homes of Donegal ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ Your Majesty , ’ I stammered , ‘ when I was young at school in Ipswich , I helped an old lady cross a bridge . ’ |
| 24 | When the workers took a ballot , went on strike and refused to accept a peace plan ( which by then included a wage freeze and a cut in certain benefits ) , he says he was left with no choice : ‘ I dismissed the old workforce and hired a new one . |
| 25 | I then took all the cabinets and gave them deep-dish handles , plus I used the old logo from the early '50s and expanded it length-wise on a computer , to see how it looked . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , I used the old illustration : a ball of steel as large as the world , a fly alighting on it once every million years . |
| 27 | I entered the old town on foot , having left Anastasia outside the Steiner Tor ( 1480 ) which guards Krems ' western entrance . |
| 28 | I encountered an old lady of a more awkward sort while canvassing for the Tory candidate in Crosby — a by-election subsequently won for the SDP by Shirley Williams . |
| 29 | Yes , I told the old man at the gate — a sure method of propagating the lie — I was off to Hydra for the week-end . |
| 30 | I recalled an old man I had seen that afternoon , standing by a well . |