She kept going to the door, as if she expected some one, and every now
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

“Yes, sir, it was delightful; and I spelled ever so many hard words, and only missed one; but Fred spells shockingly,” replied Mary, taking up a vial from the stand and putting it down again.
— from Flaxie Growing Up Flaxie Frizzle Stories by Sophie May

Rosemonde was indeed there, in the vestibule, watching the door as if she expected somebody.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 1 by Émile Zola

Finally, she guessed Bertha’s present difficulty; and it seemed easily surmountable.
— from Mrs. Craddock by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

Now comes the dream again; it shows each scene, With each small circumstance that comes between— The call to suffering and the very deed— There crowds go with him, follow, and precede; Some heartless shout, some pity, all condemn, 270 While he in fancied envy looks at them.
— from George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 1 (of 3) by George Crabbe

They were not barbarians, seeking a more genial climate, more commodious habitations, more enchanting spectacles, greater wealth: on the contrary, they possessed all these advantages, and all possible pleasures; and yet they forsook them, to live without shelter, and without food, to fall daily and in succession, either slain or mutilated.
— from History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 by Ségur, Philippe-Paul, comte de

“And yet I dunno as I shall ever see him again, or hear his sweet little voice call me daddy like he done in Ogden.
— from The Hand of the Mighty, and Other Stories by Vaughan Kester