Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [pos pn] old " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Tedder , she was apparently accused of lesbian advances by a girl at her old school . ’ |
| 2 | Dexter remembered the name and vintage from a description Blanche had reluctantly given him once of a feast at her old Cambridge college . |
| 3 | Julie exclaimed , shaking her head as she gazed across the room at her old friend 's straight shoulder-length rich golden hair , brushed back from her forehead like a lion 's mane , and shimmering in the soft glow from the lamp on the table beside her . |
| 4 | He took his articles with a local architect before proceeding to teach art at his old school , Ysgol Eifionydd , Porthmadog . |
| 5 | The national Church does not entirely escape responsibility for this situation ; within living memory the bishop of one major see let it be known that he would not be available to officiate at services on Good Friday since he had to start the boat race at his old school . |
| 6 | TWO Belfastmen accused of murdering a special constable during a routine road check and attempting to murder three other police officers yesterday called no defence evidence at their Old Bailey trial . |
| 7 | A squadron of the planes will spend the week at their old base at RAF Fairford . |
| 8 | Always a drag to watch , I remember one game at their old Plough Lane tip , back in 1991 when we won 1–0 . |
| 9 | Glen and his wife provided lodgings in their house for Thomas Carlyle [ q.v. ] , then mathematics master at his old school , Annan Academy . |
| 10 | Also recalled is Woodham head greenkeeper Mark Hodgson , whose decision to play his competitive golf at his old club Brancepeth Castle this season has paid off with some good early season form . |
| 11 | ‘ I did two years on the intensive care unit at my old hospital , as well as the usual casualty and coronary care . |
| 12 | LORD ALDINGTON was asked to explain yesterday why he had removed the word ‘ subterfuge ’ from a speech at his old school explaining his part in the repatriation and subsequent death of tens of thousands of Yugoslavs at the end of the Second World War . |
| 13 | He had actually served an apprenticeship with the shipbuilders Shaw and Hart at Boness and he brought his steamer to the yard through the Forth and Clyde Canal for overhaul at his old employer 's slip . |