Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] the 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 | I met the old lady as I was walking down a steep path out of the village . |
6 | By the time I passed the old creche again it was getting darker and the insects were out . |
7 | I got the old metal detected on , but , of course it could always be a bit of grit in it could n't it |
8 | 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 |
9 | 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 . |
10 | I caught the old man 's hand , and cried , ‘ Now is the time ! |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | ‘ Oh , I used the old illustration : a ball of steel as large as the world , a fly alighting on it once every million years . |
14 | I entered the old town on foot , having left Anastasia outside the Steiner Tor ( 1480 ) which guards Krems ' western entrance . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Well no I threw the old ones away , cos they were getting holes in them , here 's Mark 's mum hello , all well ? |
17 | I opened the old copy of Time magazine I had beside me . |
18 | He wants to know how I discovered the Old Rectory . |
19 | So you could test your theory that I killed the old woman . ’ |
20 | ‘ I served the old gentleman next to him . ’ |
21 | I laughed when I heard the old cliché about ‘ having him under my feet . ’ |
22 | ‘ But I knew the Old Course was difficult . |
23 | We went to Emmerdale Farm , we went down to the pub you know and er I saw the old vicar and er , who else did we see ? |
24 | Enlightenment was urged on me the day I saw the old Jew float to the surface of the deep latrine , how he splashed and struggled into life , and was hoisted out by the jubilant guards , his clothes cleansed by the mire . |
25 | ‘ When I got home last night and found the yard door bolted I thought the old man had deliberately locked me out but the police reckon that whoever killed father was with him then — while I was banging on the door , trying to get in . ’ |
26 | However , Mrs Knelle seemed to be driving from house to house to exchange news , and I thought the old Ireland persisted around Lough Corrib as well as might be expected , or better . |
27 | I thought the old place might have a ghost , you know . |
28 | I gave the old trenchcoat a tap or two . |
29 | I gave the old man a tip , and soon Mrs M. and I were speeding back to Ballina . |
30 | I gave the old bag an ultimatum , either I picked the team or I would quit . |