Not everywhere, to be sure, do those struggles take the form of such a general process of displacement; but in individual cases it will occur with endless frequency within a country that the stronger and better-equipped element will overcome the weaker and less well-equipped.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

As the bad girl entered the cottage, the cuckoo called out its name eleven times, but she did not even look up.
— from Very Short Stories and Verses For Children by Clifford, W. K., Mrs.

"There, now," exclaimed the boy, setting down a pair of shoes that he had been blacking, and arranging them at the head of a long row of all sizes and sorts, from those which might have fitted a two year old foot upward, "there, I've blacked every single one of them, and made them shine too, and done it all in twenty minutes; if any body thinks they can do it quicker than that, I'd just like to have them try; that's all."
— from The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Harriet Beecher Stowe

"I'd better be moving then, if there's nothing else to be said," decided Luke.
— from The Pony Rider Boys in Montana; Or, The Mystery of the Old Custer Trail by Frank Gee Patchin

He had not expected to be so disturbed at taking leave of the Schoolmaster.
— from The Pioneers by Katharine Susannah Prichard

There were a great number of boats and small craft in sight, but none of them were near enough to be seen distinctly.
— from Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Oliver Optic

Drake had believed better of Winter, and had not expected to be so deserted.
— from School Reading by Grades: Sixth Year by James Baldwin