He pulled himself up long enough to give Polly a hearty welcome; and then away again he flew in righteous indignation, while Jasper rushed off into the baggage room with Polly's check.
— from Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney

The public stake was worthy of our army—worthy of the dauntless soldier, who had begged his physicians to patch him up long enough to fight this fight, whereon he staked reputation, life, all that a man loves in the world; the private stake was more than worthy of my long sufferings.
— from The Seats of the Mighty, Complete by Gilbert Parker

At noon Pomata held us long enough to unload the priest and a few boxes and bales at the usual cobblestone wharf.
— from Vagabonding down the Andes Being the Narrative of a Journey, Chiefly Afoot, from Panama to Buenos Aires by Harry Alverson Franck

John Bleäke he had a bit o' ground Come to en by his mother's zide; An' after that, two hunderd pound His uncle left en when he died; "Well now," cried John, "my mind's a-bent To build a house, an' paÿ noo rent."
— from Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by William Barnes

By pulling hard upon loose end of running rope the ends of pack will be lifted slightly.
— from Packing and Portaging by Dillon Wallace

'During the last week in October the mare, having her foot protected with a bar shoe plated at the bottom, and so formed as to open without necessity of removing the shoe, in order to facilitate the applications of the tinctures, was put to light work, which has since been gradually increased, and she now performs her usual labour equal to any other horse.
— from Diseases of the Horse's Foot by H. Caulton (Harry Caulton) Reeks