Me and the Prof are now gonna make an exhaustive investigation and give you our findings.
— from Death Points a Finger by Will Levinrew

Two or three years passed, and Nial grew more and more deformed, more and more unchildlike.
— from Pharais; and, The Mountain Lovers by William Sharp

Such examples show that in the history of the development of an organ thousands of years may pass, and numerous generations may arise and disappear, until it reaches that grade of perfection where it is of use to its owner.
— from The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality by Rudolf Schmid

“Why didn’t you put it in the old place, and not give me all this fright?”
— from Burr Junior by George Manville Fenn

"Your prolonged absence nearly gave me a nervous fit.
— from The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week by May Agnes Fleming