They were such very old gentlemen for the most part that Her Majesty never suspected their absurd passion, and went among them quite unaware of the havoc her beauty was causing, until an old blind Lord who had joined her party told her what the truth was; after which, for fear of making the people too much in love with her, she always wore a veil.
— from The Rose and the Ring by William Makepeace Thackeray

She watched his unwilling pen forming the signature quite unconscious of the hold she had over him.
— from The Sheep-Stealers by Violet Jacob

It fluttered quietly up on to her shoulder, and sang out in a soft but cheery tone, "Cuckoo, cuckoo—cold, did you say, Griselda?
— from The Cuckoo Clock by Mrs. Molesworth

It was just possible, by keeping a sharp look-out and making quick use of the helm, to detect the presence of the moorings of these destructive weapons of modern warfare.
— from The Fight for Constantinople: A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

The "Rules of the Road for Preventing Collision at Sea" reduced the former danger to a minimum, provided an efficient watch were maintained; against the mad dogs of the sea—the German submarines, who never hesitated to torpedo at sight anything afloat regardless of her nationality—the ship had to take her chances, and trust to Providence and a quick use of the helm to avoid the deadly torpedo, should the phosphorescent swell in the wake of the weapon betray its approach.
— from Under the White Ensign: A Naval Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

I plied each candidate with questions, until one Thomas Hey made a proposition that I should be put out of the meeting if I did not cease asking questions.
— from Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

As for Tim he discoursed blandly, quite unaware of the honours being showered on him, and when his Spanish failed, took refuge in French; when that gave out, he supplied his wants with Italian, so that his conversation savoured of the Tower of Babel and the confusion of tongues.
— from The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 1 (of 3) by Fergus Hume

Brocklehurst’s eyes rested upon his face, but he appeared to be quite unconscious of this, his own dark grey eyes fixed on some point in the remote.
— from The Garden God: A Tale of Two Boys by Forrest Reid

Meanwhile our little madcap remained quite unconscious of the honors designed her.
— from Capitola the Madcap by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth