Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [prep] the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people of Kislev moved into the Old World from the areas east of the Worlds Edge Mountains and founded the kingdom which lies on the north eastern borders of the Empire . |
| 2 | Corbett looked at the old drunken face and knew Benstede was being sardonic . |
| 3 | It is on a copy of The High History of the Holy Graal translated from the Old French by Sebastian Evans ( London and New York , 1903 ) , one of the first books to be illustrated by Jessie M. King . |
| 4 | Elisabeth stopped at the old peat barge , the single landmark on an otherwise featureless wilderness . |
| 5 | She said that until England returned to the Old Faith , her people would never be happy but always divided against themselves , always backbiting and fighting with one another . |
| 6 | Maggie looked for the old damson tree by McCabe 's , the crab and wild cherry . |
| 7 | Karen looked at the old man and for a moment she saw something cold and frightening in his smiling eyes . |
| 8 | Artemis stared at the old woman 's whiskery face . |
| 9 | Ben Hesketh , an antique dealer , was a friend of Jake 's whom Ruth remembered from the old days — Jake 's only friend , really . |
| 10 | Simon spoke to the old woman who suddenly burst into a spate of words , her rags shaking with the energy of what she was saying . |
| 11 | Seaford , Hastings , Winchelsea and Rye suffered from the old Sussex enemy , the longshore drift that silted up their harbours relentlessly . |
| 12 | In 1801 North Shields consisted of the old ‘ low town ’ at the bottom of and extending up the very steep bluffs at the river mouth . |
| 13 | Josie glanced at the old folding travel alarm that she kept open on the makeup table , and said , ‘ I have to go somewhere for a minute . |
| 14 | For the first time no government ministers were included , and only Gorbachev and Ivashko remained from the old politburo . |
| 15 | He gestured to where the flag of the other Germany hung over the old Tiergarten . |
| 16 | For his early days Willie relied on the old ‘ eyeballing ’ method of judging distance for clubs . |
| 17 | Martha ran after the old woman , but she did not look round . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose her memory 's a bit faulty , ’ Irene commented on the old lady 's assertion that she 'd never seen Elaine . |
| 19 | Crusher Zogoth escaped into the old Dwarf tunnels threatening revenge and Gorbad sent wild Cave Squigs after him . |
| 20 | Albert Spanswick came from the old school of trade union leaders and I found him a more persuasive advocate for health service workers than Rodney Bickerstaffe . |
| 21 | They later moved to Collegians , before Armstrong rebounded between the Old Boys and Bangor , while Harrison moved to Dungannon . |
| 22 | In 1939 , Dr Paul Kosok of Long Island University discovered the enigmatic straight tracks on the pampa near Nazca , Peru , and in 1978 the zoologist Tony Morrison reported on the old straight tracks to be found in the remote altiplano region of western Bolivia . |
| 23 | Blake moved from the Old Nag 's Head , through a courtyard , and found himself in a long alley . |
| 24 | Blake looked at the old man . |
| 25 | ‘ This is him , Fagin , ’ the Dodger said to the old man . |
| 26 | Mind the Lowsons stuck to the old ways in other respects . |
| 27 | Brown looked at the old man . |
| 28 | Agnes smiled at the old warrior , and then at Husband : by now , her anger at him had distilled to the warming spirit of pure hatred . |
| 29 | Mr Clark admitted at the Old Bailey he encouraged British firms to sell sanction-busting military equipment to Iraq . |
| 30 | ‘ And God stays out of it , ’ McQuaid twisted round the old saw . |