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occupied by the evidence concerning the

So far the mysterious testimony to which vague allusion had been made in the beginning had not been brought forward; the time had been occupied by the evidence concerning the events at Timloesville, and the questioning and cross-questioning of the Timloesville witnesses.
— from Anne: A Novel by Constance Fenimore Woolson

overbalanced by the evil caused to

But it must be considered, that all the good gained by this, through the gradation of alehouse-keeper, brewer, maltster, and farmer, is overbalanced by the evil caused to the man and his family by his getting drunk[854].
— from Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 by James Boswell

often baffle their enemies clinging to

They are easily killed by dogs, though, being expert climbers, they often baffle their enemies, clinging to the bark beyond their reach.
— from Lost in the Backwoods: A Tale of the Canadian Forest by Catharine Parr Strickland Traill

occupation by the enemy continue to

The persons designated in Article II. of the convention shall, after the occupation by the enemy, continue to fulfill their duties, according to their wants, to the sick and wounded in the ambulance or the hospital which they serve.
— from The Red Cross in Peace and War by Clara Barton

of both these events coming together

Now, what is the chance of both these events coming together?—answer, more than 20,000,000,000 to one against it.
— from Theism; being the Baird Lecture of 1876 by Robert Flint

over by the Executive Committee to

Some of the minor offenders brought in by the Vigilante police were turned over by the Executive Committee to the regular law courts.
— from The Forty-Niners: A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado by Stewart Edward White

oath before the elders concerning the

If an agent receives money from a merchant and has a dispute with his merchant about it, that merchant shall put the agent on trial on oath before the elders concerning the money he received and the agent shall pay the merchant three times as much as he received. § 107.
— from Archæology and the Bible by George A. (George Aaron) Barton

occasioned by their entrance called together

There the uproar occasioned by their entrance called together a number of persons, amongst whom was the marquis, who was soon informed of the cause of alarm, with a long history of the circumstances of the foregoing night.
— from A Sicilian Romance by Ann Ward Radcliffe

over by the Eagle Claw that

Thar's that Gene Watkins, who gets killed by lightnin' over by the Eagle Claw that time; downed for blasphemin', he is.
— from Wolfville Days by Alfred Henry Lewis

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