Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [prep] the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Bennet of Upper Halling who lived in the old Chapel Houses was also a staunch member of this little Church and assisted Mrs Still until her death . |
| 2 | They quoted the old woman who announced outside the Old Bailey that ‘ he got what he deserved ’ . |
| 3 | Marie Burch , who back in the old days jumped ship from the forerunner of Unix System Laboratories Inc to join the then-enemy Open Software Foundation as director , business area management , was one of those that lost their jobs in the Foundation 's recent reshuffle . |
| 4 | Marie Burch , who back in the old days jumped ship from the forerunner of Unix System Labs to join the then-enemy Open Software Foundation as director , business area management , was one of those cut in OSF 's recent reshuffle ( UX No 423 ) . |
| 5 | There are those who struggling with the old Head who never knew what was going on and like |
| 6 | In 1964 and 1966 a number of Labour backbenchers who believed in the older , more historical functions of the House were elected . |
| 7 | He certainly exerted influence on those Evangelicals who adhered to the older , more sober tradition . |
| 8 | It equally impressed those who served on the old Select Committee on Social Services . |
| 9 | He played Alan Crabbe , a nineteen-year-old who falls for the older Eileen — played by Nyree Dawn Porter — and is later beaten up by her fiancé . |
| 10 | One Christmas when Macmillan was in his eighties his grand-son Alexander ( Maurice 's son and the present Lord Stockton ) , who looked after the old boy in many ways , asked me if I would read the eighth of nine lessons at a carol service in a London church in aid of dependants of the Publishers Association . |
| 11 | These principled objections were taken up by the General 's political opponents , who dusted off the old charge of plebiscitarianism . |
| 12 | The foundations of Old Testament kingship were laid by scholars who wrote on the Old Testament , not least the Venerable Bede in the early decades of the eighth century . |
| 13 | Three groups of river-people lived here ; firstly the fishermen , then the bargemen who plied their trade on the navigable river , and finally the boatmen who married into the older families after the opening of the Oxford Canal in 1790 . |
| 14 | Now in , in the early stages you certainly want to encourage as many people from this base to join , when the development , the movement gathers pace it 's possible to say right we possibly w there 's some , sort of the wealthy peasants we do n't really want , they 're the ones who prospered under the old scheme of things , they were the ones who had some power and influence and er by even drawing them into the association there is a danger that they may sort of assume the lead or take an active role which would be detrimental , which would negate the movement and try and make it er less revolutionary and more lawful , they would go back to sort of reform of the old system rather than the overthrowal |
| 15 | The big question now is whether Communist MPs , most of whom come from the old school , will apply for membership of the new party . |