Example sentences of "[art] old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I should say very often the old Guv'nor would let him have either a shilling to go down to the pub while we did the job , or else he would provide him with a jug of home-brewed beer and bread and cheese . |
| 2 | The plague bacillus , known by the Latin name Yersinia pestis , was carried on marmot skins by fur traders travelling along the old Silk Road from the East . |
| 3 | Higher percentages of the old lack fixed baths , indoor WCs and adequate heating arrangements . |
| 4 | Because the old think-tanks were dominated by liberals , conservative alternatives were required . |
| 5 | — And pat , like the catastrophe in the old comedy , Clarence is seen approaching guarded , on his way to the Tower . |
| 6 | If the old fool does n't die soon enough , or they get the chance of a better deal , it usually ends in divorce. , |
| 7 | It was the way he handed the old fool the letter , Henry decided afterwards , that had done it . |
| 8 | Now I know it 's a lot to expect , what with your sister still only nineteen , and the old a ‘ Buck ’ being every year of sixty five , so they tells me , but May and September 's always been a heady mix , and the old fool seems besotted . ’ |
| 9 | " Well , the old fool ! |
| 10 | ‘ The old fool may be the death of us all , ’ he said . |
| 11 | But then the old fool should have been a little less unwashed and boring . |
| 12 | What on earth , come to that , was the old fool still doing in general practice ? |
| 13 | The old fool does n't know what he 's talking about . ’ |
| 14 | She had even considered the possibility that the old fool 's frantic efforts to match a young wife had been the cause of his death , and the idea had not caused her to turn her eyes away and evade the issue . |
| 15 | Amiss wondered wildly if the old fool had been provided by Hollywood Central Casting . |
| 16 | He tried to remember the details of the old scandal something to do with a scene on the stage that had stopped the performance , and after that she 'd never appeared again , until now . |
| 17 | Her son David became Britain 's second youngest MP ( after Bernadette Devlin , whatever happened to her ? ) when elected to the old Sedgefield seat in 1970 . |
| 18 | The old Cavalier . |
| 19 | It is the new paganism , or rather the old variety with a facelift and a fresh application of make-up . |
| 20 | When the demand for uniformity forces farmers to plant new varieties of cereal , the seeds from the old variety just get eaten . |
| 21 | Defiant rallying call to the old firm |
| 22 | But the right team will be the old firm , hoping that the old magic can be made to work once more . |
| 23 | Only Rangers and Celtic made much money — hence the original meaning of The term ‘ The Old firm ’ — and Celtic was pledged To donate to Catholic charities . |
| 24 | I suppose I 'm going to miss the old firm after all these years . |
| 25 | If it was from another sharedealing outfit , the old firm would know where to find him . |
| 26 | I 'd say you 're a real asset to the old firm , not to mention highly decorative . |
| 27 | Billet-doux from the old firm . |
| 28 | The Old Firm meet at Ibrox with Rangers striker |
| 29 | Section 36 of the Partnership Act assists in this connection : ( 1 ) Where a person deals with a firm after a change in its constitution he is entitled to treat all apparent members of the old firm as still being members of the firm until he has notice of the change . |
| 30 | Notifications should be sent out before the new firm starts to act for clients of the old firm . |