Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] [prep] the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're on about the old King George ! |
| 2 | And so we 're back to the old problem . ’ |
| 3 | We 've , I do n't know if everyone 's worked the same system , but we 're back on the old appointment system . |
| 4 | AS Big Ben bings its last bong at midnight tonight it will be out with the old ITV and in with the new . |
| 5 | Settlements were lower last year , but many bosses are convinced that , despite the government 's call for single-digit increases , the high inflation rate means that wage negotiations this spring will be back to the old pattern . |
| 6 | He would come exuberantly into the office after ops with his crew tagging along behind him , to tell us that our weather forecast had been spot on , it had all been a piece of cake , bombs went down — Wham ! — right on the target , no trouble at all , good show ! , and here they were back on the old tarmac , cheating death again , etc . |
| 7 | Until he is off with the old , he can not be on with the new . |
| 8 | There is history and culture there , and a trip worth making is out to the old Portuguese colony of Macau , far less prosperous than Hong Kong , probably far more like the real China . |
| 9 | Well it 's back to the old confusion again , that we 've got this stupid sign here which can mean it 's a negative number or it can mean take away , and sometimes it does n't really matter which way we look at it . |
| 10 | It 's out with the old hairdressers , the cliff-edge guitar posturing , the in-stadium clips of religious fandemonium , and in with pumpingpop bass-lines , strutting down mean urban streets and becoming part of the real world . |
| 11 | and all our shopping was down at the Old Town , you had to go down this lane to the Old Town if you wanted a stamp |
| 12 | It was down by the old meat-packing warehouses . |
| 13 | BOGUS aristocrat Rosemary Aberdour was back at the Old Bailey yesterday in danger of having her sentence for stealing £2.7 million from a hospital charity increased . |
| 14 | happier when it was back in the old feet and inches . |
| 15 | It was out with the old and in with the new for the start of the speedway season in Swindon . |
| 16 | IT was out with the old and in with the new and despite the result , Darlington manager Ray Hankin still found much to praise about Quakers ' performance after another home defeat sent them closer to the Fourth Division . |