Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] [prep] old " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children viewed him with wary respect , since , in spite of his air of benignity , he frequently exploded when faced with old chewing-gum stuck under the pews , the choir guardedly shooting craps during the sermon , and similar juvenile straying from the path of righteousness . |
| 2 | The two nurseries were damp discarded places , their ceilings blistered and flaking like old orange peel where rain had forced its way backwards from blocked gutters . |
| 3 | She knew that look from old , and it was n't one that she particularly liked . |
| 4 | Jamila never closed the door , so Changez and I drank and looked through at our Jamila 's concentrating-so-hard profile , head bowed , as she read and sang and wrote in old school exercise books . |
| 5 | So he offered Sinatra a role , he accepted and flew into Old Tucson , Arizona in his private jet and did his role in one day . |
| 6 | I was shoved into dressing rooms throughout Vegas to stand beside some bemused star for a photograph and Glen Campbell , Lovelace Watkins and Liberace stood and grinned like old pals . |