'Was that the T'other Governor, or Lawyer Lightwood?' asked Riderhood.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

But if the garden outside looked like a relic of the olden time, the rooms inside seemed even more so.
— from Half-A-Dozen Housekeepers: A Story for Girls in Half-A-Dozen Chapters by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Reluctantly he gave the order to retreat, and all that night the wearied and disheartened troops filed through the gates of Leipzig, leaving a rear-guard in the city, who defended it bravely against the swarming multitude of the foe.
— from Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century by Charles Morris

When he took up his hat to go, he gave one long look all round the library.
— from Mary's Meadow, and Other Tales of Fields and Flowers by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

The dog gave one last leap, and rolled over before the report reached our ears.
— from The Ashiel mystery: A Detective Story by Bryce, Charles, Mrs.