Example sentences of "old [noun sg] [verb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eyes looking back and I 'd got the old bit moving all the time keeping , he said righto get out , you 're leading me , they were too pleased to get rid of them . |
| 2 | It is interesting that Hoccleve 's old Beggar embodies all that Hoccleve most fears : poverty , old age and helplessness in the face of them . |
| 3 | The old lady took all her money out of the bank and made plans to leave Sheffield the next day . |
| 4 | I 'd ‘ a thought he 'd at least have the courtesy to send a pony and trap for me instead of expecting an old lady to walk all the way up to Handley Farm on such a frosty morning . ’ |
| 5 | The Old Museum presents All Ireland Festival of Theatre for Young People |
| 6 | Some gibbering old fool sitting all alone drooling on his shirt Some senile old fart playing in the dirt . |
| 7 | The foundry operates in a former Turkish bathhouse roofed with nine ventilated domes , where , in deep gloom lit only from the dome vents , two teenage boys and an old woman produce all sizes of bells and ecclesiastical brassware . |
| 8 | The change in definition does , however , affect the treatment of local authority expenditure ; the old definition included all local authority expenditure , whereas the new definition covers only the support for this expenditure provided by central government , i.e. it excludes expenditure which local authorities finance themselves . |
| 9 | Tubs , urns , hanging baskets and even old butler sinks all make ideal containers for flowers and foliage . |
| 10 | Why is old Paddy talking all this funny stuff ? thought Joey . |
| 11 | He was about to add that 's how the old man made all his money , but he stopped himself in time . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't let the old man get all the plaudits . ’ |