No troops were rushed to the scene to repel invasion; no guns were trained on the space ship.
— from Slaves of Mercury by Nathan Schachner

A15-292 The Department has informed the Commission that, “since the report indicated no grounds for determining Oswald was ineligible for a passport, a determination was made that no action by the passport office was required.”
— from Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by United States. Warren Commission

The city was sorry to relinquish its noble guests.
— from A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Amanda M. Douglas

The annals of gaming sufficiently show that rank is no guarantee of a gamester's honesty; and in the case of Lord De Ros versus Cumming, tried before Lord Denman, 10th of February, 1837, it would appear that the rank of the fraudulent gamester screened him for several years, with one party at least, from being denounced.
— from Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards by William Andrew Chatto

The actual cost of constructing and stocking the roads is not given; instead, we have the cost as represented by the stock and bonds issued and watered .
— from Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud