"Algy is your eldest brother, is not he?—get away, you little beast!"—(the latter clause, in a tone of sudden exasperation, is addressed, not to me, but to Vick, and tells me that my pet dog's endeavors have been crowned with a tardy prosperity.)
— from Nancy: A Novel by Rhoda Broughton

"Have you ever been in New York?"
— from Truxton King: A Story of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon

“Your Excellency believes in no woman,” responded the Chevalier stiffly.
— from The Seats of the Mighty, Complete by Gilbert Parker

I cannot tell—perhaps I destroy myself in your eyes; but I need this as a medicine.
— from Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz

“Haven’t you ever been in no cities?”
— from The Beach of Dreams: A Romance by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole

When they slaughter me, you must take great care not to eat any of the meat, but after the repast, carefully collect my bones and inter them behind the house under a certain stone; then, should you ever be in need of help, come to my grave and there you will find it.”
— from Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians by Woislav M. Petrovitch

" "Have you ever been in New York before, Mr. Perkins?" "Not since I was a boy.
— from Chester Rand; or, The New Path to Fortune by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

Have you ever been in Norfolk or Suffolk?”
— from Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by George Borrow