Example sentences of "[verb] to the old [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we are very honoured that Mr Austin has bred a rose just for us — a perfect beauty , the closest he has ever come to the old Alba rose , beloved of Redouté , and going back 2,000 years beyond him . |
| 2 | Eyeing his enormous frame with amused speculation , she suddenly grinned , not even aware that slowly , little by little , she was reverting to the old Hilary . |
| 3 | ring my friend if it makes you feel alright it 's ace if you just sit down and listen to the old Beatles is n't it ? feel alright I do n't care too much for money , money ca n't be me love ca n't be me love |
| 4 | Similarly September , October and November used to be the seventh , eighth and ninth months , and March was the first month of the year according to the old Julian calendar instituted in 46BC . |
| 5 | According to the reports , Dr Asvat was killed after he had been called to the old Mandela home to examine Stompie when he was beaten . |
| 6 | days and er but And so the father saw that he was safely there and the other Then when he came back he went into the house and said to Duncan er Was you speaking to the old John old John MacGregor and f He said I was that and he said I 'll let you see what my man got , and this was the little bag of gold . |
| 7 | They will further pass judgment that the Government want to see that enormous capital asset across the river sold for hotel or residential accommodation , and a huge capital receipt — probably more than £100 million — distributed to the old London boroughs for productive use in their areas . |
| 8 | Mr Brown said : ‘ I went to the old Puddydale school in Heswall and remember rows of desks and bare walls . |
| 9 | Mr Tudball told a meeting of the exchange 's ship-broking members they could either remain at Lloyd 's of London or move to the old Billingsgate fish market in the meantime . |
| 10 | Her son David became Britain 's second youngest MP ( after Bernadette Devlin , whatever happened to her ? ) when elected to the old Sedgefield seat in 1970 . |
| 11 | As night fell they had turned their backs on the rush and excitement of the Expo and returned to the old Seville where they had dined by candlelight in a small pavement café and watched the world rush by . |