Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] at the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | We somehow got on to the subject of detective stories , for it had been with some surprise that I learnt at the Old Parsonage meeting that at one time he had read them with avidity . |
| 2 | I looked at the old man calmly sitting on his mat and hated him , knowing — knowing myself — that nothing would come of this . |
| 3 | She worked at the old Co-Op in Priestgate and a clothing factory , then in 1950 she married and moved to Nelson , Lancashire . |
| 4 | Jessamy allowed her voice to become deliberately sympathetic as she looked at the older woman . |
| 5 | She looked at the old man . |
| 6 | She looked at the old narrow beams that stretched across the ceiling , at the white-painted walls and the brightly coloured furniture , comfortable chairs and the mellow , shining wood of tables and bookcases . |
| 7 | She looked at them one by one ; she nodded to the people she had seen sewing by the fountain ; she smiled at the old woman and the boy . |
| 8 | She glared at the older man , her grey eyes gleaming with determination , and saw him smile . |
| 9 | The BX 4x4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had , reluctantly , to admit that it was time to head for home . |
| 10 | The BX 4×4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had reluctantly to admit that it was time to head for home . |
| 11 | We started at the old junction with the Cambrian Line , Cemmaes Road , and immediately found a problem . |
| 12 | It was late when they arrived at the old house and by tacit consent they went straight to bed . |
| 13 | Achieving a personal style became his ultimate photographic ambition , and under the influence of Josef Herman , a Polish photographer who spent many years in Wales documenting the lives of the coal miners , he paid his first visit to The National Gallery , where he gazed at the Old Masters and eventually formed what he called ‘ a concept of total image ’ . |
| 14 | He glanced at the older man striding so purposefully beside him . |
| 15 | He snarled at the old woman . |
| 16 | Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're proud of it , are n't you , Aged ? ’ said Wemmick , his face losing all its usual hardness as he looked at the old man . |
| 18 | He was trying to joke but he was unable to smile as he looked at the old cow . |
| 19 | He looked at the old man , peering darkly under his down-drawn brows ; and there was one who would have questioned and writhed and wondered , pondering long before he would have given any answer , and then , most likely , regretting the answer he had given , whatever it chanced to be . |
| 20 | Now , as he looked at the old woman , his expression became soft , almost tender . |
| 21 | He stared at the old man . |
| 22 | AN alleged IRA gunman wore nothing but a pair of boxer shorts when he appeared at the Old Bailey yesterday charged with murder . |
| 23 | But he appeared at the Old Bailey for an earlier trespass at Buckingham Palace , during which he had drunk some wine in the office of the Prince of Wales ' private secretary , and was sent to a secure hospital in Liverpool . |