But the consequence is, that the whole profession in Middlemarch have set themselves tooth and nail against the Hospital, and not only refuse to cooperate themselves, but try to blacken the whole affair and hinder subscriptions.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

Before they had time to decide upon what action to take they were astonished to hear a number of rifle shots up the river.
— from In the Depths of the Dark Continent; or, The Vengeance of Van Vincent by Cornelius Shea