Example sentences of "[to-vb] with the old " in BNC.

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1 There are so many carp anglers , all fishing with high nutritive value ( HNV ) boiled baits , attached to hair- and bolt-rigs , usually at long range , you can not afford to persist with the old baits and rigs and expect much success .
2 They preferred to stick with the old ways .
3 But in Pakistan , where the grounds are rough and hard , the ball soon loses its shine and you have to be able to perform with the old one .
4 ‘ We would have been far happier to continue with the old system but Middlesbrough council decided it no longer wanted to collect on our behalf , which is their prerogative , ’ he said .
5 Gradually , Wilson learned how to deal with the old man .
6 We also had to deal with the old issues too .
7 Pence and pounds than it was to deal with the old pounds , shillings and pence .
8 Something to do with the old rivalry perhaps , north Germany versus south , Hohenzollern against Hapsburg , Protestant against Catholic .
9 The directors are probably used to the supernatural events that happen from time to time ; the very fact that the building has connections with the railways has possibly something to do with the old railwayman but in what context I do not know .
10 The likelihood of her arrival at Brighton , the possibility of her speaking in the debate on immigration , and the nice problem of what to do with the old bat on the Friday afternoon ( a vote of thanks ? a place on the platform ? a solo entrance ? ) — these matters were all now exercising Fowler 's mind , the peace of which was not helped by the lead story in the Daily Mail : ‘ MAGGIE BRIGHTON BOUND ’ .
11 In Birmingham , uniquely , a free daily paper was launched in 1984 , to compete with the old morning and evening papers .
12 To argue with the old man was pointless .
13 I accepted a tin of pipe tobacco and two boxes of scented soap to trade with the old man in the nearby cottage .
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