She had taken up some sewing, and, having spoken, went on with it.
— from Demos by George Gissing

One of the ushers shouted "Silence" as he sat down; but there was no need for him to speak.
— from The Day of Judgment by Joseph Hocking

Senior had been stirred to write by the brutal attack upon Charles Sumner in the United States Senate after his speech of May 19-20, 1856, evidence, again, that each incident of the slavery quarrel in America excited British attention.
— from Great Britain and the American Civil War by Ephraim Douglass Adams

Gentlemen —After taking the two months' treatment which you sent me by mail for that broken-down condition, usually styled "Nervous Debility," attended by the usual symptoms such as headache, sleeplessness, confusion of ideas, etc., the above symptoms have so entirely disappeared that I do not consider it necessary to continue the treatment longer.
— from The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand by Ray Vaughn Pierce

The unknown staggered slightly, and his steed was thrown back on its haunches; but his opponent was hurled from his seat like a stone from a sling, with a crash that echoed all round the lists.
— from Under the Flag of France: A Tale of Bertrand du Guesclin by David Ker

It is the hour of setting the first night-watch, and the bells have been struck; not to summon any sailor from the forecastle, but intended only for the cabin and the ears of Captain Lantanas—lest the absence of the usual sound should awaken his suspicion, that all was not going right.
— from The Flag of Distress: A Story of the South Sea by Mayne Reid