Example sentences of "to that old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ Yet ] give him [ the American ] all these advantages , and he will still be longing to cross the water , to get back to that old home of his fathers , so delightful in itself … the less wealthy , less cultivated , less fastidious class of Americans are not so much haunted by these longings … |
| 2 | I am dying to that old life , to that old self and I am following in this new life , and therefore , I am going through this , this symbolic act of being baptized , of dying to the old and being raised a new life in Jesus Christ . |
| 3 | I am dying to that old life , to that old self and I am following in this new life , and therefore , I am going through this , this symbolic act of being baptized , of dying to the old and being raised a new life in Jesus Christ . |
| 4 | He was wearing the suit belonging to that old man who had died . |
| 5 | Except if your coming may release me from the necessity ever to speak to that old hag again ! |
| 6 | Could it have been a roundabout reference to that old scandal ? |
| 7 | ‘ When we stopped at Glastonbury , Mistress Rachel sent a message , God knows how , to that old witch who was waiting for us with her prophecies . |
| 8 | He was running then to that old heap the Indian was drivin' . |
| 9 | Next to that old house , you know , Ann , Ann |
| 10 | ‘ You 're not listening to that old yarn , surely ? |
| 11 | Could you direct me to that old ship — what 's it called ? — they dragged it up out of the — ’ |
| 12 | In the event , the problem of how to streamline Whitehall was handed by the electorate to that old Cabinet Office hand Harold Wilson . |
| 13 | Think , we could go to the Louvre , and I could practise my French — Miranda 's French is smashing — you heard her talk to that old stick-in-the-mud at lunch , and we could visit Versailles … |
| 14 | I wrote to that older brother of yours , ‘ My capabilities are of little matter now ’ , but I suppose I might be as well off writing to myself for all the answer I 'm likely to get . ’ |