Iron is very abundant and is manufactured into knives, hatchets, and spears.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

Try and cheer her up, if possible... you are a kind-hearted man, I know...” he added with a smile, looking straight in his face.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

One young man I knew had a very sad accident happen to him the first time he went punting.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

One of the most generally accomplished men I know has a memory of this sort.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

“No,” answered the mate; “I kicked him, along with two hiding heavers, out of the bunkers two hours ago, just before the transport forced us to move.
— from Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Russia; or, Lost on the Frozen Steppes by Horace Porter

I'm fair; but though I know him only as he looks to me, I know him, — and I tell Francesca so.
— from The Three Taverns: A Book of Poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson

“As far as I can see,” said Mr. Critz, “the more I know how a detective acts, the better off I’ll be when I start in doin’ real business.
— from Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Ellis Parker Butler

I anticipated depth-charge attack as a matter of course, but instead of going down to twenty-five metres, I kept her at twelve.
— from The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne by King-Hall, Stephen, Sir

So I hired another wheel, ran on down, borrowed a canoe from a man I know here, and I guess you know the rest."
— from Captivating Mary Carstairs by Henry Sydnor Harrison

I thus got him into a gallop straight ahead, Ramon following as close as he could behind, and with the open camp in front of me, I kept him at it until he completely succumbed, and in fact would now go any way I wished.
— from Blanco y Colorado: Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay by William C. Tetley

May I know Him as Thou hast placed me in Him in heaven, holy in Christ, and as I may abide in Him by faith.
— from Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy by Andrew Murray

they said, and a minute or two later a man I knew happened along the corridor.
— from Twenty Years of Spoof and Bluff by Carlton