Example sentences of "old [noun pl] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new school beginning from scratch can plan in this way without arousing the instant suspicion and hostility of old stagers in the staff room . |
| 2 | 1931 saw the first Old Stopfordians ' Annual Dinner actually to be held in School ( the Association had been renamed , reviving one of the old forms of the name of the town , in 1927 ) . |
| 3 | When you look at , look at the old houses on the market , erm , yeah , I think he might just , he might wait a while , there are n't that many buyers , |
| 4 | Old houses in the centre of Porto Heli compare sharply with smart new buildings nearby . |
| 5 | They all live in solid old houses near the Park now — the Chases , the Bernsteins , the Waylands , Charles Aught , the Goodys — their whole set . |
| 6 | It 's just that , as a nome who is probably seven years old and feeling a bit creaky , I 've got to admit I 'd find it sort of comforting to have a few of the good old signs around the place . |
| 7 | The water began to trickle down its old tearstains below the taps : she hoped there 'd be enough hot to wash her hair . |
| 8 | On the main altar is a Škréta painting of Our Lady with the old chains of the bridge hanging above Her head . |
| 9 | Captain Kirk ( William Shatner ) hates the idea — he ca n't forgive his old enemies for the death of his son . |
| 10 | Hank had no doubt that , sooner or later , old tabby-cats like the MacDonald woman would get wind of it and would give his mother hell about it . |
| 11 | He was excellent at charming wardrobe ladies , new young chorus members straight from music school , and surly , battered old musicians in the orchestra pit who had seen it all before . |
| 12 | During the years 1955–57 , three new vehicles were built at Wolverton to replace old coaches in the Wolverton Royal Train . |
| 13 | Two tests for merchantability emerged from the survey of the old authorities by the House of Lords . |
| 14 | Everyone thought that Zagrat were just a bunch of old beardies from the headster time . ’ |
| 15 | He also consulted old copies of the Cape of Good Hope Almanac and Annual Register which , among other practical information , recorded the names and addresses of residents . |
| 16 | All you could see of any of them was a pair of very pink ears sticking out behind old copies of the Woman 's Own . |
| 17 | King Hassan of Morocco repaid old debts to the Gulf states by sending 1,500 troops to defend Saudi Arabia . |
| 18 | Pierre Balmin , Yves St Laurent , and Pierre Cardin had bought old palaces in the town and renovated them elegantly . |
| 19 | Cleo could perhaps use one of her old contacts in the city , one of the young men whose ardour she had inflamed . |
| 20 | The Railside Revival Fund also put up cash for replacement gates at the North end of the station and working replicas of old lamps at the subway entrances . |
| 21 | Going Out to Eat and Drink : Old delis at the centre of the soul system : Delicatessens are the culinary outposts of our European immigrants . |
| 22 | None the less old grievances like the Taillefer claim to La Marche were still outstanding and Richard may have added new ones by demanding a high price in return for agreeing to recognize Ademar as Count . |
| 23 | The attempts to rationalize the administration , to centralize power , collided directly with local liberties and the particularist and traditional privileges of the old supporters of the regime ( for example , the Tatar nobility ) . |
| 24 | Somehow , after calls for the resignation of the general secretary had been rejected because of support from his old shipmates on the north east coast , the union managed to take out a loan and to survive . |
| 25 | Vendors are jury-rigging tests , leaning heavily on the old SpecMarks of the Unix workstation crowd though they 're not even ported to NT . |
| 26 | They 'll try and knock the old cars off the road wo n't they ? |
| 27 | A tip for oxygenating plants — slip a pair of old tights round the basket to help keep soil and stones in place . |
| 28 | Any new nonconservative alliance , although based on the old parties of the left , requires new theory , new spokespersons , new models of economy and society . |
| 29 | Tim looked at old pictures of the River Wye coracles to work out how to build them . |
| 30 | There were some old pictures on the walls , but they were covered with dust and dirt and he could not see them clearly . |