Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] at the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wisharts resumed their reading , Mrs Wishart kept glancing at the old lady — she could n't help admiring her dress , it was so Victorian and really out of place in 1945 . |
| 2 | Along with the name came the Servite Fathers who had officiated at the old church . |
| 3 | In reminding himself that his responsibilities were for the President , he recalled the way that Mariana had looked at the old man that first day when he had met them out on the dock , the President casting for bonefish . |
| 4 | Consolidation would be little help if one still had to look at the old repealed Acts in order to interpret the new one . |
| 5 | He shook his head and continued to stare at the old man , but there was pleading in his voice now . |
| 6 | They had met a fortnight after Meg 's arrival when Alice had called at the Old Rectory with a suitcase of jumble for the annual sale in aid of St Andrew 's Church in Lydsett . |
| 7 | Her father had lived at the Old Parsonage at Wouldham and had 10 children . |