Example sentences of "and [verb] at the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went up to the bedroom and gazed at the old four-poster , hardly noticing the faded splendour of its blue and gold canopy as she scrutinised the decorated wooden frieze that ran along the top . |
| 2 | At this time , he said , ‘ All I wanted to do was to live , pick up a new Jag , and act at the Old Vic . ’ |
| 3 | In the daytime you can come back and look at the Old State House we 're coming up to and see the cobblestones which mark the place where blood was shed in the great Boston Massacre . |
| 4 | She stood up and grinned at the old man who owed her his life . |
| 5 | There were further moans and groans at the old toper 's repetition of an apparently well-worn story . |
| 6 | Carrington had already arranged to have it carted away as soon as possible by a salvage unit , and dumped at the old railway sidings at Carluke . |
| 7 | Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly . |
| 8 | The child stared towards it as if in recognition of something held in memory ; then she turned and looked at the old woman , who was sitting on the couch unlacing her boots , and she said , ‘ You have a garden . ’ |
| 9 | Monks hesitated and looked at the old man , but Mr Brownlow 's expression was so serious and determined that the younger man realized it was pointless to protest . |