Example sentences of "[noun sg] by old " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a warm round of applause for him and much head-nodding by old women of both sexes . |
| 2 | New arrivals are greeted each week by old hands , since most stay for two week holidays . |
| 3 | Gandalf 's adaptation of Macbeth also , of course , restates the idea of aggressive courage , a quality very strong in the play and expressed very much in Tolkienian style by Old Siward , ‘ Why then , God 's soldier be he … |
| 4 | We float down to the beach by Old Steine , just like that first night . |
| 5 | Here is an actual contract for ‘ taking the harvest ’ : it was drawn up at Grove Farm by old George Rope some time during the last quarter of the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | In amongst Esso petroleum storage tanks on the north side of the river a high Cleopatra Needle by old fortifications marks the memorial to Henry Bell whose Comet , the first commercially successful steam ship , was launched on the Clyde in 1812 . |
| 7 | Betsy was lucky she had many friends who relished her company by Old Father Thames , where they all congregated when evening came round , cuddling in clusters all over the ground . |
| 8 | This is often seen as overkill by old guard data processing ( DP ) staff . |
| 9 | ( Longer , personalized speech by old friend or relative when bride 's father is present but does not make a speech . ) |