Example sentences of "old [noun sg] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old fear lurked at the back of his mind : suppose Lorton had set him up for Newley 's murder ? |
| 2 | Old Den stood at the opposite side of the grave with Tommy Drennan , each with a cord ready to help lay Celia and Dermot Murphy to rest . |
| 3 | The same is true for Das kostbare Evangeliar des Heiligen Bernward , the important illuminated 1000-year old manuscript preserved at the cathedral of Hildesheim ( DM78 ) . |
| 4 | Wood is near water ; hence this image of an old poplar sprouting at the root . |
| 5 | Limone is a very old village nestling at the foot of the cliffs on the lake 's western shore . |
| 6 | Was silly old Eli sitting at the wrong gate ? |
| 7 | There was an old lorry parked at the end , loaded with scaffolding poles . |
| 8 | Old Red frowned at the floor . |
| 9 | The old crone licked at the saliva frothing on her lips . |
| 10 | It simply would not be tolerated for the old style to continue at the expense of progress . ’ |
| 11 | A faint smile grew across her face an while the old man sipped at the soup she gradually became the proud owner of a huge , cunning grin . |
| 12 | He carried Wynne-Jones on his back ; the old man beat at the thorns with his stick , one arm held tightly around his son 's neck . |
| 13 | Inside were a couple of benches , and several villagers were sitting patiently waiting for him , while an old man sat at the door smoking a smelly little pipe . |
| 14 | On the small flagstoned terrace sits a ramshackle stone barbecue and the garage is an old farm shed at the end of a roughly-laid tarmac track . |
| 15 | On Sunday , the doors of the Old swan open at the ungodly hour of 10 a.m. , but for a new set of pint-sized customers . |
| 16 | 3. 750 , the reel wagon , carries the new copper overhead wire on its drum , and the old wire stacked at the side . |