Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the old [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again Charles was astonished how easily Malcolm would fall for the oldest cons in the business . |
| 2 | One or two of the old films are now on CD video because they are important documents of certain artists , but the way we are filming and editing the films I am now making is completely different We have learnt a very great deal in these years and so we forget about the older films just as you would n't dream of driving around in a thirty-year-old car . |
| 3 | I used to smell of the old cows . |
| 4 | There are so many carp anglers , all fishing with high nutritive value ( HNV ) boiled baits , attached to hair- and bolt-rigs , usually at long range , you can not afford to persist with the old baits and rigs and expect much success . |
| 5 | Like did er er people begin to be asked to do different jobs whereas you described in the older days , you were very much sort of , pinned to one machine if you like ? |
| 6 | Alex , her brother , was big enough to be included in the older children 's activities and without him she had felt unprotected . |
| 7 | ‘ A lot of the lead-based paints we used in the old days would n't be permitted today , ’ he pointed out . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ Many of the problems concerning the children in Orkney would have been solved in the old days by the pressure of the community . |
| 9 | It was pleasant to see people returning to the old ways , he said . |
| 10 | At six p.m. we would call Mr Singh to take us to swim in one of the hotel pools or maybe to wander among the old tombs in the Lodhi Gardens ; as we passed , black bats would flit through the ruins like departed spirits . |
| 11 | The northern industrial regions , in contrast , were dominated by the older sectors which had been the basis of earlier expansion . |
| 12 | It was certainly not so simple an issue as supposed by the old ideologues on either side — the neo-mercantilists in favour of protection and the neo-classical liberals in favour of open , free trade . |
| 13 | It was designed by the old masters to allow for the aesthetic development of the practitioner . |
| 14 | He spent two-thirds of his day at a school ten miles away , and the rest of the afternoon looking through the older children 's comics at Mrs Neary 's until Diane picked him up at five . |
| 15 | We must screw the lid on spending as tightly as possible , so that a true and proper comparison can be made between the old rates system , uprated to match current spending , the poll tax charge , and the new council tax . |
| 16 | A and I can get er Ken and my clerks to ferret through the old contracts , and all the variations that we 've had to date , and come up with a suggested erm latest remit for the project coordinator to approve . |
| 17 | Long conversations tired her but she loved to talk of the old days and her life as a nanny to a wealthy family . |
| 18 | Close by squatted a very young Tominah whom we had often seen behind the older priests but had never talked to . |
| 19 | As I began to serve more regularly I became more accepted amongst the older stalwarts of the service , my naval experience and general seamanship picked up on fishing craft and yachts standing me in good stead . |
| 20 | However , people have often decided against the older churches because of past experiences which have led them to conclude : ‘ The church is full of hypocrites ! ’ |
| 21 | Carbon dioxide okay what happens with the old standards the alkalis ? |
| 22 | In the course of the next two decades Oxford and Cambridge became involved in what one of the Cambridge extension lecturers described as an attempt to provide " University Education for the Whole Nation by an itinerant system connected with the Old Universities " . |
| 23 | Stepsd have been taken to improve things since Judge Tumim 's report , new accommodation blocks have been built but some are still living in the old quarters . |
| 24 | People living in new housing , whether estates , flats or garden cities , were more satisfied with their houses and neighbourhoods than were those living in the older areas , although there was more than a hint at the loss of street-corner sociability . |
| 25 | He confessed that everyone trusted him now , as they had done in the old days . |
| 26 | When the caterpillars are small they can be transferred from the old leaves to the new ones with a paint-brush . |
| 27 | She says in the old days women used to look out for each other 's children . |
| 28 | This is a direct reference to this technique , which was written in the old days of long boats , but as the boats in use get still shorter this steering effect reduces and the ease of veering off course increases . |
| 29 | There was little to do all day but climb in the old beeches and look out over the forest to see where the smoke plumes were . |
| 30 | At first we just made conversation , but after a couple of drinks Reid looked at me thoughtfully , twiddling his half-empty glass , and said , ‘ There 's no reason not to tell you this , Kit , but since we 've got to work together , I 'd rather explain my mode of living before the old cats on the island — the European gossips — start telling you stories . |