Example sentences of "[noun sg] at the old [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On the contrary , it is time to treat religion as something strange and outside the ordinary run of life , something which , mysteriously , has had a vast effect on people , over which wars were fought and people were burned and persecuted , and which still has an effect on people ; something which can not be reduced to mere kindness at the old people 's parties or village jumble sales , but which has inspired some of the most splendid painting , writing , music , and architecture ever to be produced by the human imagination , and is still capable of producing martyrdom , cruelty , and sectarian passion .
2 Messam ( 21 ) showed no emotion at the Old Bailey as the Common Serjeant of London , Judge Robert Lymbery , told him he terrified his victims into submission at gunpoint .
3 Alan , from Hatfield , Herts , watched Fallon , 35 , being jailed for attempted murder at the Old Bailey .
4 In 1730 , at the Somerset Assizes , the deadly fever similarly affected judges , barristers ' clerks and prisoners until several hundred were dead , and in 1750 there was a virulent outbreak at the Old Bailey .
5 THE youngest defendant to appear in the dock at the Old Bailey in more than 150 years was cleared yesterday of killing a blind 93-year-old widow .
6 I 'm just saying there was mine was Tech , I expect the college at the old college .
7 AYOUTH was sentenced to be detained at Her Majesty 's pleasure at the Old Bailey yesterday for the murder of baby Christopher Palmer while the mother was convicted of cruelty but cleared of murder and manslaughter .
8 Severe reactions were encountered on two occasions to citrus fruits ( high in salicylate ) but further progress was hampered by obstruction at the old anastomosis that had to be refashioned in 1986 .
9 Lunch at the Old Sun , his temporal and spiritual home at Alresford in eastern Hampshire , would usually end with the lamplighter .
10 So while the Citizens Theatre Company will present a production specific to the festival that week , the Tron will play host to 7:84 with a new Jackie Kay play , Clyde Unity will premiere a new John Binnie work , Gay Sweatshop will bring new product to the Arches , the Scottish Youth Theatre will present work at the Old Athenaeum and Tramway will programme international groups .
11 Once when he had to play a matinée at the Old Vic , for instance , in Hamlet , scarcely offstage for a moment , there was a Welsh International match .
12 The ceiling of the Great Hall at the old Euston Station was deliberately modelled on that of the church of St Peter extra muros in Rome .
13 I had no hesitation in giving all the information I had , ’ he said in his confession at the Old Bailey trial .
14 Paul Davies , 19 , admitted manslaughter at the Old Bailey in February .
15 A judge at the Old Bailey has been explaining his full reasons for stopping the trial of the three retired detectives who were accused of tampering with evidence in the case of the Birmingham Six .
16 A judge at the Old Bailey has jailed an Irish terrorist for twenty five years for plotting a massive I R A bomb attack in Central London .
17 A JUDGE at the Old Bailey in London yesterday reprimanded the former wife of the Earl of Cassillis for ‘ unacceptable ’ behaviour in court after she pulled faces , made noises and shook her head as a witness gave evidence .
18 appraisal of circumstances possibly leading to a mitigation of sentence made by the Recorder , principal residing judge at the old Sessions House ( now the Central Criminal Court ) after the Lord Chief Justice .
19 ‘ We 'd go to the public gallery at the Old Bailey and listen to the trials .
20 His working life started as a protege of the acclaimed art deco designer , Clarice Cliff , with whom he trained as an engraver in his first job at the old AJ Wilkinson factory .
21 The same applies in the labour market where workers made unemployed do not immediately reduce their asking wage and take up a new job — instead , they spend some ( possibly quite considerable ) time searching for a new job at the old wage .
22 A United Nations diplomat was ordered to forfeit a £10,000 security at the Old Bailey yesterday after his son , Petrus Alberts , 23 , failed to appear on arson charges .
23 Across the green , Doctor Lovell heard for the first time about the accident at the old people 's homes , and was magnanimous enough not to make any comment about Edward Young 's steps in front of his partners .
24 I sit alone one Sunday evening at the Old Ship , waiting .
25 He had kept on and on about those keys , although she had been deaf to his insistence ; he had come several miles to catch her at home and seize a chance to rifle her bag for them ; if there had been any purpose to the meeting at the Old Mitre it might have been to get the keys .
26 ‘ You remember the two men who came to see Daddy at the old house , do n't you ? ’ said Mother .
27 Identical twin boys , aged 14 , were found guilty of robbery and attempted robbery at the Old Bailey yesterday after holding up two women with air pistols in Wembley .
28 The court room at the Old Bailey was hushed dock went in for the jury to return for their verdict .
29 Joseph , of Bow , east London , was given probation at the Old Bailey yesterday for attempted robbery .
30 Despite herself Ages smiled with real warmth at the old crocodile-Magill was never a moose — shedding genuine crocodile tears .
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