Example sentences of "he [verb] the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dangerous driving cos he made the old woman give over and overtook somewhere totally stupid and probably find he had no brake . |
| 2 | He hates the old bill anyway . |
| 3 | He unlocked the old heavily studded front door , pushed it open . |
| 4 | Yanto laughed when he realised the old joker had palmed the sawdust and was allowing it to trickle in such a way as to give the impression that it was trickling from his ear . |
| 5 | He hugged the old tailor to him , kissing his cheek while the tears rolled from his eyes . |
| 6 | He met the old T'ang 's eyes , a look of understanding passing between them that escaped the young Prince 's notice . |
| 7 | His appointment in 1955 as Secretary of the Zoological Society of London , for example , was marked by his affection for the zoo , but also by ructions as he fought the old guard for his sensible proposals for change . |
| 8 | Somehow that triggered the Doctor , and he interrupted the old man . |
| 9 | ‘ Who is that , madam ? ’ he asked the old housekeeper . |
| 10 | He asked the old man if he 'd ever worked in the sandpaper factory and added that he 'd probably be going to work there himself when he 'd finished at the Comprehensive . |
| 11 | He asked the old man if he knew Miss Lavant , if he 'd seen her at the fete , in clothes with buttercups on them . |
| 12 | Tshwete was a supporter of rugby unification and he got the old South African Rugby Football Board and the South African Rugby Union together at the conference table ’ , said French . |
| 13 | He got the old man to come , old the same old bugger . |
| 14 | Off the lead and it was er , so boisterous up and down like this , well he did n't like it straight away he got the old aggro blade up his back about two inches wide |
| 15 | He got the old post office and the two cottages and the pub for two thousand , eight hundred I think |
| 16 | He read The Old Straight Track in 1949 whilst living in London and , fresh from reading , he took a walk across Parliament Hill to Highgate Ponds : |
| 17 | As a speculative venture he built the Old Ropery Theatre in the 1740s . |
| 18 | When dining there again in 1945 , after the Liberation , he found the old bill laid respectfully beside the new bill by his plate , without comment . |
| 19 | He regarded the Old Testament text as an accurate historical record , as authoritative in matters of doctrine and ethics , and as inspired of God . |
| 20 | He helped the old man climb into the saddle . |
| 21 | With skill borne of long practice he let the old man talk but guided his talk in the way he wanted it to go , then he started to ask questions . |
| 22 | He used the old but very effective trick of balancing a five-pound note on a club head to demonstrate how this changed the swing-weight quite significantly . |
| 23 | But he knew why the moment he entered the old schoolroom , for after allowing him to pass her she closed the door and stood with her back to it , her pale face , now tinged to a deep red , thrust out towards him as she cried , ‘ Think you 're smart , do n't you ? |
| 24 | Apparently he says the old ones were totally inadequate . ’ |
| 25 | He says the old skills have been lost for 80 years . |
| 26 | When he played the old rustic Arthur Fallowfield , radio audiences all over Britain — to say nothing of those listening to the BBC 's various overseas services — sat up waiting for the virtually immortal words , ‘ the answer lies in the soil ’ . |
| 27 | He played the old ‘ outside right ’ position and signed in ‘ 57 , debuting vs Everton in 1959 ( a 3–3 draw ) . |
| 28 | Charles II took a personal interest it , matters relating to mining and it is reported that he united the old Mines Royal and the Soc. of Mineral & Battery Works which had for so long run as separate enterprises . |
| 29 | When he got to the R in Roger , he vibrated the old tongue on the palate with the brio of an international string player . |
| 30 | Brian , who hails from Warrington , has spent almost his entire career in personnel in one form or another , ever since , in fact , he assumed the old fashioned title of ‘ Labour Relations Manager ’ at Sellafield in 1966 . |