Example sentences of "i [vb past] the old [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to introduce Dana to Pernod , so I asked the old man for ‘ dos Pernod ’ . |
| 2 | I asked the old man why |
| 3 | I asked the old man about this client from the North and he remembered her . ’ |
| 4 | I asked the old man , his nose almost level with the steering wheel of his equally elderly car . |
| 5 | I met the old lady as I was walking down a steep path out of the village . |
| 6 | By the time I passed the old creche again it was getting darker and the insects were out . |
| 7 | I got the old metal detected on , but , of course it could always be a bit of grit in it could n't it |
| 8 | and linked to that I was going to do a new information sheet , I found the old information sheet so I just bring that up to date |
| 9 | When I visited the old housekeeper later that day , I found she was amazed by the news that I was going to marry the master . |
| 10 | I caught the old man 's hand , and cried , ‘ Now is the time ! |
| 11 | When the workers took a ballot , went on strike and refused to accept a peace plan ( which by then included a wage freeze and a cut in certain benefits ) , he says he was left with no choice : ‘ I dismissed the old workforce and hired a new one . |
| 12 | I then took all the cabinets and gave them deep-dish handles , plus I used the old logo from the early '50s and expanded it length-wise on a computer , to see how it looked . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , I used the old illustration : a ball of steel as large as the world , a fly alighting on it once every million years . |
| 14 | I entered the old town on foot , having left Anastasia outside the Steiner Tor ( 1480 ) which guards Krems ' western entrance . |
| 15 | Yes , I told the old man at the gate — a sure method of propagating the lie — I was off to Hydra for the week-end . |
| 16 | I opened the old copy of Time magazine I had beside me . |
| 17 | He wants to know how I discovered the Old Rectory . |
| 18 | So you could test your theory that I killed the old woman . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I served the old gentleman next to him . ’ |
| 20 | I laughed when I heard the old cliché about ‘ having him under my feet . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But I knew the Old Course was difficult . |
| 22 | We went to Emmerdale Farm , we went down to the pub you know and er I saw the old vicar and er , who else did we see ? |
| 23 | Enlightenment was urged on me the day I saw the old Jew float to the surface of the deep latrine , how he splashed and struggled into life , and was hoisted out by the jubilant guards , his clothes cleansed by the mire . |
| 24 | ‘ When I got home last night and found the yard door bolted I thought the old man had deliberately locked me out but the police reckon that whoever killed father was with him then — while I was banging on the door , trying to get in . ’ |
| 25 | I thought the old place might have a ghost , you know . |
| 26 | I gave the old trenchcoat a tap or two . |
| 27 | I gave the old man a tip , and soon Mrs M. and I were speeding back to Ballina . |
| 28 | I gave the old bag an ultimatum , either I picked the team or I would quit . |
| 29 | I remembered the old man in the military coat and knew I would have felt safer with a handful of dry knucklebones in my pocket . |
| 30 | They may have even been friendly but I remembered the old saying , ‘ On a dark lonely road , one never meets a friend ’ . ’ |