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been less and if so even

The verdict of the Dardanelles Commission was that, "Had the attack been renewed within a day or two there is no reason to suppose that the proportion of casualties would have been less; and, if so, even had the second attack succeeded, a very weak force would have been left for subsequent naval operations.
— from A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens

both look as if something extremely

She and the Commandant both look as if something extremely agreeable had happened to them at Alost.
— from A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair

become learned and I shall eat

And in such way, by a luck doubly singular and favourable, this Jacquot Tournebroche will become learned and I shall eat every day.” “Agreed!” said my father.
— from The Queen Pedauque by Anatole France

Bowen lingered as if she expected

" Mrs. Bowen lingered, as if she expected Imogene to say something more, but she did not, and Mrs. Bowen rose.
— from Indian Summer by William Dean Howells

by law and is still established

On that of the privileged class, of those whose superiority was till lately recognised by law, and is still established by custom.
— from Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 6 With a Memoir and Index by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

both listened as in sober earnest

It was very clever, so clever that Valetta and Kitty Varley both listened as in sober earnest, never discovering, or only in flashes like Mysie, that it was really a satire on all the social state of the different European nations, under the denomination of schools.
— from The Long Vacation by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

be lost and I shall endeavor

I trace up the stream of these traditions above the point where it seems to be lost, and I shall endeavor to descend with the stream into the abyss, in order to assure myself that I really behold the same waters at their outlet.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Various

be lonesome and I shall expect

I shall be too busy to be lonesome, and I shall expect long, newsy letters from you, telling me all your fun—passing your vacation on to me at second-hand, you see.
— from Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

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