Example sentences of "at old " in BNC.
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| 1 | He glowered at old Donald , as though to brand the accusation on to him too . |
| 2 | The England and Manchester United captain was named yesterday in his club squad for the Littlewoods Cup second round , second leg against Portsmouth at Old Trafford tonight , a hairline fracture of the leg having healed with remarkable speed . |
| 3 | CANBERRA RAIDERS arrived at Old Trafford yesterday with a complaint . |
| 4 | Brent Todd , the Kiwi prop forward who plays with the Canberra Raiders in Australia , will not appear in his club 's World Club Challenge match against Widnes tonight at Old Trafford . |
| 5 | THE FERGIE expected to swell the gate at Old Trafford tonight is not Manchester United 's wallet waver , nor even the creator of Budgie the Helicopter . |
| 6 | There will be a few moist eyes at Old Trafford if Fergie finds himself in dreamland again tonight , in what will surely be his last appearance in Britain . |
| 7 | The following afternoon the sale was announced at Old Trafford and the name of the new chairman revealed . |
| 8 | Fewer than 27,000 were at Old Trafford on Tuesday night to see the sequel to a thrilling first leg of a Littlewoods Cup-tie against Second Division Portsmouth . |
| 9 | Widnes ............ 30 Canberra Raiders .. 18 FOR 20 minutes at Old Trafford last night , it looked as if Graham Lowe might be proved right . |
| 10 | Robson , who came through Manchester United 's Littlewoods Cup tie with Portsmouth at Old Trafford on Tuesday without problems , will join up with the England party tonight at their team hotel . |
| 11 | Edwards declined to comment after a lengthy board meeting at Old Trafford , but it is believed the information in question related to players ' contracts and salaries , as well as other financial information about the club . |
| 12 | Canberra arrived at Old Trafford at the end of a hard season , and their tiredness , inevitably compounded by travel fatigue , dictated their match plan . |
| 13 | If they are to give Great Britain a game at Old Trafford on Saturday week , Tony Gordon , Lowe 's successor as New Zealand coach , may have to swallow his pride and call up the likes of Emosi Koloto , Joe Grima and Tony Iro , who appear to have blighted their international chances by making their reputations in England . |
| 14 | Widnes , who had won the official version in thrilling style against Canberra Raiders before more than 30,000 fans at Old Trafford four days earlier , went down 31-6 to the Eagles , a team formed only five years ago and without a permanent home . |
| 15 | MANCHESTER UNITED supporters in middle-age and beyond no doubt heaved a great sigh of relief yesterday when something akin to reasonable order was restored at Old Trafford . |
| 16 | But he 's brilliant at old ladies , bright old ladies with shining eyes . ’ |
| 17 | Spends more time at Old Trafford than Headingley now , he does . |
| 18 | And for those insular fans who shunned them in their thousands at Old Trafford and Elland Road , a sense of guilt would not be inappropriate . |
| 19 | At last year 's annual meeting , 60 per cent of members supported the committee 's plea for change ; they will again seek the requisite two-thirds majority at Old Trafford on December 9 . |
| 20 | City were no doubt further spurred by the discord at Old Trafford , where Alex Ferguson 's future is uncertain . |
| 21 | City were no doubt further spurred by the discord at Old Trafford , where Alex Ferguson 's future is uncertain . |
| 22 | At Maine Road , Howard Kendall was installed as City 's manager amid rumours that Alex Ferguson had resigned as United 's manager — denied at Old Trafford but tantalising given earlier speculation that . |
| 23 | MARTIN EDWARDS , chairman and chief executive of Manchester United , insisted after a four-hour board meeting at Old Trafford yesterday that he would still not be rushed into selling his majority shareholding , writes Stephen Bierley . |
| 24 | MARTIN EDWARDS , chairman and chief executive of Manchester United , insisted after a four-hour board meeting at Old Trafford yesterday that he would still not be rushed into selling his majority shareholding . |
| 25 | Wimbledon v Manchester U That hard-won point at Liverpool a week ago must seem awfully distant now as Alex Ferguson approaches the most critical period of his managerial career at Old Trafford . |
| 26 | David Lloyd , his captain at Lancashire , tells a story that once in a Gillette Cup match against Gloucestershire at Old Trafford , Clive Lloyd edged a ball from Mike Procter so hard that it went for six . |
| 27 | From a fairly economical run-up he bowled with great pace , usually very sometimes , as at Old Trafford , he would overdo the bouncers , and he had his share of injured batsmen to his credit — or rather debit . |
| 28 | By the end of the second Test , Willey 's last nine Test innings had produced 90 runs , and , had he been caught when on 13 at Old Trafford , his Test days would almost certainly have been over ; as it was , his 62 not out there and his reputation as a battler persuaded the selectors to press on with him , and he justified their faith now . |
| 29 | Like Marshall in the previous Test , Paul Terry came in at Old Trafford in plaster to help a team-mate reach his century . |
| 30 | Two of his most memorable innings came in one-day internationals , the 138 not out in the 1979 World Cup final and the 189 not out at Old Trafford in 1984 which single-handedly transformed a desperate situation into a winning one , and which will surely never be forgotten by anyone who saw it . |