Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] at the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett looked at the old drunken face and knew Benstede was being sardonic . |
| 2 | Elisabeth stopped at the old peat barge , the single landmark on an otherwise featureless wilderness . |
| 3 | Tess and Angel arrived at the old d'Urberville farmhouse . |
| 4 | Karen looked at the old man and for a moment she saw something cold and frightening in his smiling eyes . |
| 5 | Artemis stared at the old woman 's whiskery face . |
| 6 | Josie glanced at the old folding travel alarm that she kept open on the makeup table , and said , ‘ I have to go somewhere for a minute . |
| 7 | Blake looked at the old man . |
| 8 | The thirteen men laughed at the old man and rode on . |
| 9 | Dorian looked at the older man , and wondered about him . |
| 10 | Brown looked at the old man . |
| 11 | Agnes smiled at the old warrior , and then at Husband : by now , her anger at him had distilled to the warming spirit of pure hatred . |
| 12 | Mr Clark admitted at the Old Bailey he encouraged British firms to sell sanction-busting military equipment to Iraq . |
| 13 | " … over backwards to accommodate you , but it really does look , I 'm afraid , as though this incident with the canal and the cat has to be just about the last straw , ah Steve , I understand from Mr Ashton here — " Smith nodded at the older man , who pursed his lips and nodded back , " — that Mr ah … |
| 14 | Conway looked at the old man and felt afraid . |