Example sentences of "[verb] the old [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met the old lady as I was walking down a steep path out of the village . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sorry ? ’ whispered the old woman . |
| 3 | Overhead he could now hear the dull roar and crackle of fire , as the hungry flames devoured the old house above him . |
| 4 | However , maybe Stalinvast still survived , and the Tormentum Malorum might yet leave the warp in time for him to compel the old woman to send a signal to save the situation . |
| 5 | Children in an orphanage in the Romanian town of Sighisoara were becoming ill after sucking the old lead paint on the cots . |
| 6 | Eskimo 's Canoe Store has moved to a high street location in St David 's where accessories are selling well , allowing the old shop to be converted into an office and bedroom for Andy . |
| 7 | He certainly had no intention of allowing the old lore concerning herbs to die out . |
| 8 | Sarfraz Nawaz was the first man I saw do it , but most Pakistan fast bowlers have the ability to swing the old ball . |
| 9 | ‘ Here you are talking and holding forth , ’ says the latter , ‘ but tell me this : are you going to kill the old woman yourself ? ’ |
| 10 | He hates the old bill anyway . |
| 11 | It said that inherently bad foundations and faulty construction meant that the cost of maintaining the old building for any length of time ‘ must be necessarily large ’ , and even at the time of his examination the building was undergoing further repairs . |
| 12 | What a difference — the lady in charge agreed that she could continue to wear the old leotard until it was too small , even though the colour was different . |
| 13 | Many reasons may be adduced for the Polish uprising of November 1830 : the Russians ' two-year hunt for " Polish Decembrists " ; the tsar 's reluctance to be separately crowned as King of Poland ; the refusal of St Petersburg to attach to the " Congress Kingdom " of Poland the provinces to the east which had once been part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ; the emergence of Polish literary figures who " understood romanticism as embodying a patriotic call to restore the old republic within its old frontiers " ; the decline of the Polish economy ; the inspiration of the events of 1830 in France and Belgium ; and the arrest , just before the rising , of a number of militant soldiers and students . |
| 14 | A truce in the following year did much to restore the old trade , and the Treaty of Picquigny of 1475 eased many of the restrictions which had been imposed on it ( 64 , Ch.7 ; 93 ; 94 , pp.212–13 ) . |
| 15 | Basically it was the songs and a sort of mime play with Jack , Lindsay and David leading into a set piece with Lindsay as the old woman feeding the birds , which is a wonderful one , where the bird grows and grows to a monstrous size and finally devours the old lady . |
| 16 | The stories were constructed to –fulfil– the Old Testament prophecies . |
| 17 | He stood , then walked across the room , touching the old man 's arm briefly , sympathetically . |
| 18 | They passed the old wreck of the SS Lancastria , Campbeltown steering 050 degrees to offset the tide 's strong northerly set , and reduced speed to 10 knots , the MGB 's echo-sounder probing for some depth of water as the destroyer twice churned over mud-bars . |
| 19 | By the time I passed the old creche again it was getting darker and the insects were out . |
| 20 | ‘ My spirits , too , ’ agreed the old lady , throwing a wry glance at Theda , who was over by the windows . |
| 21 | ‘ Quite frankly , ’ Laura continued , ‘ if I hear her say , ‘ I really do n't know why you ca n't keep the twins quiet , ’ in that scathing upper-class voice of hers just once more I swear I 'm going to hit the old bat ! ’ |
| 22 | He hugged the old tailor to him , kissing his cheek while the tears rolled from his eyes . |
| 23 | He could n't throw the old man off . |
| 24 | His feet wearily repeat the old pattern , dragging him round the dance floor in a last slow spin . |
| 25 | And I sha n't come back until I remember what the great Daybog said , " This news made the old man very sad , for he loved Yanek the best of his three grandsons . |
| 26 | All summer English cricket has been highly suspicious about how the Pakistanis made the old ball swing about so violently . |
| 27 | Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen . |
| 28 | I just let out a giggle of disbelief which made the old gecko who ran the class flutter his ruff at me in disapproval ; I calmed him with a quip and continued the negotiations with my round and financially tenacious new chum . |
| 29 | Dangerous driving cos he made the old woman give over and overtook somewhere totally stupid and probably find he had no brake . |
| 30 | Bring the old girl a chair will you , lads ? ’ |