Aquel método riguroso y fijo como un sistema planetario, solía perder su equilibrio cuando Jacintito estaba enfermo o tenía que hacer un viaje.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

But he had just as much proof of perjury as she had unless this man confessed, and he refused to confess unless she promised secrecy.
— from A Gamble with Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking

A shudder ran through the young man; but he forgot his own peril in the excitement of hearing the words which now came distinctly to strengthen his theory; as, with convulsed features, and eyes seeming to start as they watched something which the diseased brain had conjure: up, Saul panted savagely: “
— from The Mynns' Mystery by George Manville Fenn

How he ever managed to stop, no one could understand; some people said they supposed he had come to the limit of his English.
— from Duncan Polite, the Watchman of Glenoro by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor

In 1620, the king gave Herbert a sinecure, formerly conferred upon Sir Philip Sydney by Queen Elizabeth, worth some twelve hundred pounds per annum.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 4, October 1850 by Various

That I may have bought a horse Ng̃a mupalit na aco unta ug usa ca cabayo That you may have loved the friends Ng̃a mahagugma na icao unta sa mg̃a abian That he may have walked in the garden Ng̃a magasodoy sodoy na sia unta sa tanaman That we may have concealed the truth Ng̃a magtago quita unta sa camatooran That you may have read the book Ng̃a magbasa na camo unta sa libro That they may have started this evening Ng̃a muguican na sila unta carong hapon That I may have been loved by the Father Ng̃a higugmaon na aco unta sa Padre That you may have been compelled to go to school Ng̃a lugson ca unta sa pagadto sa escuelahan That he may not have been invited to the supper Ng̃a uala pa sia unta abi abiha sa panihapon That we may not have been called by you Ng̃a uala came unta taoga niño That you may have consented to it Ng̃a nanagoyon da camo unta niana
— from Mga Paquigpulong sa Iningles ug Binisaya by Gregorio de Santiago Vela