Example sentences of "old [noun pl] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 ) .
2 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 ,
3 Old houses in the centre of Porto Heli compare sharply with smart new buildings nearby .
4 They all live in solid old houses near the Park now — the Chases , the Bernsteins , the Waylands , Charles Aught , the Goodys — their whole set .
5 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 .
6 On the main altar is a Škréta painting of Our Lady with the old chains of the bridge hanging above Her head .
7 Captain Kirk ( William Shatner ) hates the idea — he ca n't forgive his old enemies for the death of his son .
8 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 .
9 Two tests for merchantability emerged from the survey of the old authorities by the House of Lords .
10 Everyone thought that Zagrat were just a bunch of old beardies from the headster time . ’
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 Pierre Balmin , Yves St Laurent , and Pierre Cardin had bought old palaces in the town and renovated them elegantly .
14 Cleo could perhaps use one of her old contacts in the city , one of the young men whose ardour she had inflamed .
15 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 .
16 Going Out to Eat and Drink : Old delis at the centre of the soul system : Delicatessens are the culinary outposts of our European immigrants .
17 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 .
18 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 ) .
19 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 .
20 Vendors are jury-rigging tests , leaning heavily on the old SpecMarks of the Unix workstation crowd though they 're not even ported to NT .
21 They 'll try and knock the old cars off the road wo n't they ?
22 A tip for oxygenating plants — slip a pair of old tights round the basket to help keep soil and stones in place .
23 Any new nonconservative alliance , although based on the old parties of the left , requires new theory , new spokespersons , new models of economy and society .
24 Dried and flattened armadillo husks flip over like worn-out old heels in the wake of passing trucks , bowling down the road like lost hubcaps .
25 Wind rattled and swayed the trees and filled my ears with the old songs of the land , and the sun shone through the moving boughs in shimmering ever-changing patterns .
26 Then in the evening the fun continued inside the inn : drinking and Singing the Old Songs to the tune of the ‘ cordion ’ .
27 The good old songs round the pub piano were dying with them .
28 And apart from this exacerbation of old quarrels at the level of official and formal relations , religion lost some of its hold on the masses as it did less and less to provide channels for social protest .
29 " Yes , we 've got a terrible profile on repairs , " said a Coventry councillor , formerly of the Left but driven into the arms of her old protagonists on the right of the party by other Left councillors ' support for tenants .
30 Some manufacturers , however , played safe and dug out old stands from the attic .
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