Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [prep] the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should make a bit more profit than they used to with the old , oversized pans they made from bigger oil cans . |
| 2 | Well it was n't er the wife it was a bit of a setback , we had a bungalow you see , a small bungalow which was in a very , very nice part of Plymouth , well on the outskirts of Plymouth actually , almost in the country and er , to come and find this , well to her it 'd be like a , a terraced house , her mind went back to the old days in Manchester where she came from with the old terraced houses and I think she visualized that then to go in a house that had a , a square room , do you follow ? |
| 3 | He walked to Newlyn , where the paintings and the pilchards came from in the old days , and returned along the sea-front with the street-lamps struggling against the great plain of darkness that was the sea . |
| 4 | This power given to individuals by the Spirit is not the naked ruach that we sometimes met with in the Old Testament days in men like Saul and Samson . |
| 5 | PHOTO-FILE exclusive : this old picture of Doonican shows what the Irish rocker looked like in the old days before he actually joined Happy Mondays as trumpet player . |
| 6 | PHOTO-FILE exclusive : this old picture of Doonican shows what the Irish rocker looked like in the old days before he actually joined Happy Mondays as trumpet player . |