Example sentences of "that [vb past] the old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His head must have fallen almost directly on top of one of the tall spikes that surmounted the old iron rail . |
| 2 | He threshed this way and that , as if fighting himself , then , with a shudder that frightened the old man , went still . |
| 3 | I watched from below as she followed her stepmother Raine down the passage in Althorp House that connected the old nursery with the grand staircase . |
| 4 | There was firelight in the room , a soft gentle radiance that warmed the old stone walls and sent huge , fantastical shadows dancing across the ceiling . |
| 5 | But he controlled himself — there was a force of mandroids that would have done the controlling , otherwise — and merely snarled a reply that left the old pirate fuming . |
| 6 | The diffuse , even messy arrangements that characterised the old order did at least encourage change . |
| 7 | She would have seen me the week before ; and this time , have heard my arrival and tried to catch a glimpse of me — that explained the old man 's quick looks past me , and perhaps some of his nervous strangeness . |
| 8 | The junta that overthrew the old Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974 brutally eliminated the tiny , rich and greedy elite around him . |