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made at Red Cross expense to
Furthermore, arrangements were made at Red Cross expense to provide a restaurant car on all trains conveying sick and wounded to Suez.
— from The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt An Illustrated and Detailed Account of the Early Organisation and Work of the Australian Medical Units in Egypt in 1914-1915 by P. E. (Percival Edgar) Deane

mice and rabbits could eat them
Koch tried whether the poisonous bacilli spores could gain entrance through the digestive organs, but found that mice and rabbits could eat them with impunity.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

master and Ramsay could enter the
But Ramsay he recognized, apparently, as either protector or master, and Ramsay could enter the stall at any time.
— from The Haunters of the Silences: A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir

match and rather cautiously entered the
Williams unlocked the door and pushed it open; then he struck a match and rather cautiously entered the room.
— from The Fortune of the Landrays by Vaughan Kester

made a really creditable effort to
She washed her face, ate her supper, and, seeing her pile of books on the tray, made a really creditable effort to prepare some of her lessons, but her head ached, and the letters danced about on the pages.
— from Loyal to the School by Angela Brazil

made a record catch even the
That he had made a record catch even the children knew by the size of the packs on his sledge and by the swagger in his walk.
— from The Honor of the Big Snows by James Oliver Curwood

Many a reformer could echo these
" Many a reformer could echo these words.
— from Elizabeth Fry by Emma Raymond Pitman

mouldings and rich carving evidencing the
It looks as if the taste of a life-time had been expended upon it, the delicate mouldings and rich carving evidencing the skill of the workman, and proving incontestably that our ancestors knew how to impart grace and elegance to whatever material they might employ in the useful or ornamental purposes of architecture.
— from Historic Sites of Lancashire and Cheshire A Wayfarer's Notes in the Palatine Counties, Historical, Legendary, Genealogical, and Descriptive. by James Croston

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