Example sentences of "old [noun] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A stale musty old smell filled the air . |
| 2 | She rescued old houses form the juggernaut of industrialization , restored them , and , opened them to the public . |
| 3 | Saint-Jean-de-Luz is built along a bay which makes an unusually regular , shallow curve , from a headland to the north , where the lighthouse is , to the harbour entrance to the south , facing the small , equally bright and characteristically Basque town of Ciboure , which has some really good old houses overlooking the harbour it shares with Saint lean , and where the composer Ravel was born . |
| 4 | Old Parnham knows the count from past times and had dinner with him a couple of days ago . |
| 5 | The old seamen worked the sea . |
| 6 | I suggest he gets Granada TV to run some old programmes showing the late Jack Howarth ( Albert Tatlock ) and listens because the worthy citizens of Lancashire do speak as such . |
| 7 | The 1941 Model Ercoupe 415 , now with that reliable old sewing machine the Continental C68 installed in place of the IL–116 , sold for just $2,640 ready to fly away , and was the perfect machine for the job . |
| 8 | He 's taken a break from the murky world of espionage to help his 5 year old Labrador unravel the mysteries of the canine psyche . |
| 9 | An interesting old building containing the Camera Obscura which provides tourists with fascinating instantaneous moving pictures of the city . |
| 10 | The earlier chapters of this book have shown how events and a growing sense of disillusion with many old policies paved the way for a new approach . |
| 11 | Sixty-one year old ‘ Smokin' Herb ’ Kelleher won the first round ( by substituting a Texas arm-wrestling champion who had legally changed his name to Herb Kelleher for the day ) , but 37-year old Herwald took the final decision , then announced that Southwest could continue using the slogan ‘ just to show there 's no hard feelings or to be accused of taking advantage of senior citizens ’ . |
| 12 | I , I think we should let old projects run the , run the course frankly . |
| 13 | Its chapter ( 4 ) on the Old Testament reflected the ‘ biblical theology ’ of the 1950s and the patristic viewpoint as enshrined in the liturgy . |
| 14 | In controversy with his opponents , he regularly uses a quotation from the Old Testament to settle the argument . |
| 15 | Professor Moule has seized on the fact that only in four places in the whole of the Old Testament does the Spirit seem to be associated with creation of the physical world — and even these four are patient of another interpretation . |
| 16 | Mail relating to the mail messages for the current user , the New figure shows the number of unread mail messages and the Old figure shows the number of mail messages which are still retained in LIFESPAN but which have already been printed or read by the user . |
| 17 | The New figure shows the number of unread mail messages and the Old figure shows the number of mail messages which are still retained in LIFESPAN but which you have already printed or read . |
| 18 | — relating to the mail messages for the current user , the New figure shows the number of unread mail messages and the Old figure shows the number of mail messages which are still retained in LIFESPAN but which have already been printed or read by the user , eg. 13 new messages and 1 old message . |
| 19 | Here and there old cars littered the streets like debris from a civil war . |
| 20 | ‘ How 's she getting on without a farm manager ? ’ the old maltster asked the younger men . |
| 21 | In a field where an old horse nibbled the cold grass delicately , a covey of partridges , three strutting chasing moles and an indifferent female , caught my eye . |
| 22 | It was surely going to be a doddle , taking up the slabs , using part of the profile of the old pond to define the layout of the new , then some easy digging , smoothing , measuring and down to the aquatic shop for a liner . |
| 23 | But the old soldier had the last laugh . |
| 24 | Paternal authority was basic to the Zuwaya image , for loyalties depended on ancient domesticities : it was because your ancestors and his ancestors lived in the same household , under the same authority , that you owed another loyalty ( unless , as happened , you were in dispute with him , in which case those old fraternities marked the division between the two of you ) . |
| 25 | But when the old crocks play the Old Bill , it 's more like Winchester Arthritic . |
| 26 | ‘ A bucketful , indeed , ’ said Nessie to herself , as Old Den brought the cart to a halt in the yard . |
| 27 | Thus Old Den left the scene of his many triumphs on the shoulders of his son and his friends , leaving behind him on the bar fond memories of countless great nights of debates , discussion and song , echoed now in the keening of the women from their seats in the corner . |
| 28 | Old Den turned the horse and looked about him in the yard . |
| 29 | An old flame disrupts the lives of four female friends . |
| 30 | The bed magnate took charge of the team himself and could often be seen running the touchline in his pith helmet , armed with an old shotgun to encourage the lads . |