Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] an old " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ran towards it and flopped on to an old bench . |
| 2 | At the foot of the steps , Murphy waited , bundled up in an old sheepskin . |
| 3 | Once rescued , Eric dried out in an old sweater , and was reassured by owner Stephanie Webb . |
| 4 | The assistant chaplain of Norwich prison , who drove around in an old Maestro , carefully invested cash inherited from his father 's shipping business . |
| 5 | Honor got up like an old woman , glancing past Topaz to the shelves where bottles of medicine were stored . |
| 6 | The floor was of black and red quarry tiles and there were racks on the walls for the guns but these , of course , had gone , Hilbert 's two shot-guns had gone , one buried in the Little Wood , the other in his bedroom at home in Edgware , zipped up in an old golf-bag under the bed . |
| 7 | Limousines drew up to disgorge a wedding party ; women in elegant outfits topped with splendid hats were a fanfare for a bride who stepped out of an old white Daimler , tanned beneath her white silk . |
| 8 | She began taking A-levels while working as a secretary for the Commission for Racial Equality , and , urged on by an old Somervillian , wrote to Somerville . |
| 9 | Fire broke out in an old , litter-strewn stand which soon became a death trap in which fifty-six people perished . |
| 10 | It was getting on for ‘ good night ’ time when I fell in with an old lady who complained that the naughty children of Sligo pulled her ivy down and swore at her . |
| 11 | Well we used to take it in our stride , I mean I grew up with an old Victorian house with potent fires and you had keep the fires going either wise in the winter it was bitterly cold , it was nice and cool in the summer coming out of the heat . |
| 12 | Moreau fussed about like an old hen , whilst Karelius contented himself with nodding and grinning idiotically . |
| 13 | Towards the edge of the wood , where the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a brambly ditch beyond , only a few fading patches of pale yellow still showed among the dog 's mercury and oak-tree roots . |
| 14 | The one you spluttered over like an old colonel . ’ |
| 15 | I followed the main road up the mountain leading west , then struck off along an old mule track . |
| 16 | He wore a topee , the original colour of which was uncertain , it was so battered and stained with sweat ; a bright red shirt ; and a pair of khaki shorts held up with an old red and orange tie . |