1. The cook
to snatch away the letters from home, before she [Ma Parker]
them. (Mansfield)2. As she neared the kitchen, Chris came from the garage where he'
to a lorry with a magneto trouble, wiping his hands on some waste. (Lindsay)3. She
always
herself that the only rational course was to make Edward a final statement of her intentions, then break off all communications. (Maugham)4. I realized that he
with me in order to discuss once more what he
already
for hours with his sister-in-law. (Maugham)5. I saw that it was 2 o'clock. We
sitting
there an hour and a half. (Du Maurier)6. It
long
dark when Arthur rang at the front door of the.great house in the Via Borra. (Voynich)7. It was three o'clock. The wind
, the moon
over the quiet sea. (Christie)8. Every Sunday morning Ethel
aloud while Ma Parker did her washing. (Mansfield)9. We'
to Ruby's room by then. She wasn't there, of course, but she'
there, because the dress she
across a chair. (Christie)10. To take off her boots or to put them on
an agony to her, but it
an agony for years. (Mansfield)11. Here I saw this man, whom I
of some time; for I
in the provinces. (Dickens)12. When the Gadfly raised his head the sun
, and the red glow
in the west. (Voynich)13. It was Sunday morning and they
all
back at Grayhallock for three days. (Murdoch)14. Rainborough noticed that she
, her face was stained with tears... (Murdoch)15. Ann
certainly
bravely cheerful in a way which both exasperated Hugh and half compelled his admiration. (Murdoch)16. The moment the noise
, she
from the room;
the stairs with incredible softnees and silence; and was lost in the gloom above. (Dickens)17. We
a month before 1 was out of love with him. He was in Lincolnshire at the time, and
near him. (Hansford Johnson),18. When Cowperwood
the jail, Jasper was there. (Dreiser)19. Susan Nipper stood opposite to her young mistress one morning, as she folded and sealed a note she had been writing. (Dickens)20. The whole party arrived in safety at the Bush before Mr. Pickwick
his breath. (Dickens)21. He [Hugh] jumped to feel Ann's clasp upon his arm. She
something to him. (Murdoch)22. He
scarcely
to form this conclusion, when a window above stairs was thrown up. (Dickens)23. The door was just going to be closed...when an inquisitive boarder, who
between the hinges, set up a fearful screaming. (Dickens)24. Mr. Pecksniff and his fair daughters
warming themselves at the fire ten minutes, when the sound of feet was heard upon the stairs. (Dickens)25. He [Cowperwood]...