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sake let us go on
For goodness sake let us go on, I am freezing!”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

said let us go on
Your cough—” “It is nothing,” he said; “let us go on.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

say let us get our
Therefore, I say, let us get our warrant and our spade and our hatchet, and go up and break open that coffin.”
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

ships let us go our
HESIOD: 'Now we have lingered thus about the plain of Simois, forth from the ships let us go our way, upon our shoulders—' HOMER: 'Having our hilted swords and long-helved spears.'
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

State let us go on
Then assuming that the science now omitted would come into existence if encouraged by the State, let us go on to astronomy, which will be fourth.
— from The Republic by Plato

say Let us go on
If you could show a discrepancy between the date of the doctor's certificate and the date of Lady Glyde's journey to London, the matter would wear a totally different aspect, and I should be the first to say, Let us go on.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

so let us get on
and you would shake more if you knew where I was going to take you to-day, so let us get on."
— from With Our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War by William E. Sellers

sake let us get out
I exclaim, Vandy, for goodness' sake let us get out of this immediately and try to regain our good, hard common sense, and be sound, practical men once more.
— from Round the World by Andrew Carnegie

said Let us go outside
Lupin said: “Let us go outside, sir.
— from The Crystal Stopper by Maurice Leblanc

said Let us go out
He said, "Let us go out to some quiet place, and rest awhile."
— from The King Nobody Wanted by Norman F. Langford

said Let us go out
After the meal was finished, the old demon said: “Let us go out and sit down in the sun on my terrace.
— from Zuñi Folk Tales by Frank Hamilton Cushing

said Let us go on
" No; they saw that the grapes came from Canaan, and thereupon they said, "Let us go on and possess the land."
— from Gleanings among the Sheaves by C. H. (Charles Haddon) Spurgeon

said Lucy unwillingly glad of
'They didn't get on about Sundays,' said Lucy, unwillingly, glad of the sheltering veil which enabled her to hold her own against this masterful creature.
— from The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.


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