Miss Whitmore was
taken by surprise. (Dreiser)2....the time had come in which she must speak to him
. (Trollope)3. The hall looked
as it did when he used to dine there with Jack Herring. (Galsworthy)4. My mother knew so
how to dress. 5. You are coming
out into life — facing it all. (Wells)6. She would never persuade them that she had done
. (Wells)7. "You will be sure to come?" said Mr. Snodgrass. "Oh,
." (Dickens)8. Soames smiled.
Uncle James had a way with him. (Galsworthy)9. Lammlein rose. "We have fulfilled our obligations," he said pompously, and yet not quite
. (Heym)10. Tom, you'll manage it and if you do I'll give you something
so nice. (Twain)11. I don't think I shall ever be afraid of you again, Bessie. (РЎРё. Bronte) 12. Fleur having declared that it was "
too wonderful to stay indoors," they all went out. (Galsworthy)13.-She looked at him
, directly... (Dreiser)14. They
came in. They are sitting in number 7 booth. (This is America)15. I'll
tap and ask them to come out. (Dreiser)16. I don't know
what to do. (Dreiser)17. What are they that they should judge us?
they do unhesitatingly. (Shaw)18. There was
another source of difference between us. (Dickens)19. But the gentleman had not finished his requests
. (Priestley) 20. "I had another reason for suspecting the deceased woman," he said, "which appears to me to have been stronger
(Collins)21. He had no purpose in going about the room, but he was not
a moment. (Dickens)22....Charlie felt sure that she was
somewhere in London. (Priestley) 23. Old Mr. Ablewhite
made his appearance that night. (Collins)24. Mrs. Reed was blind and deaf on the subject. She
saw him strike or heard him abuse me. (Ch. Bronte)25. To be loved beautifully was
the crown and climax of her being. (Wells)26. Slowly,
, with the secret inner process that works the destruction of an old tree, the poison of the wounds to his happiness, his will, his pride, had corroded the comely edifice of his philosophy. (Galsworthy)27. In turn, each of these brothers was very different from the other, yet they,
, were alike. (Galsworthy) 28. They said of him that he was
serious. (This is America)
1. Somebody
pulled at the door. (Greene) 2.
it was getting dark. (Hemingway)3. It was a nice little place and he liked the high mountain hauling up
. (Hemingway)4.
, and
the road, lay the Park. (Murdoch)5. There, just
the door, stood a wide, shallow tray full of pots of pink lilies. (Mansfield)6. It was dark
. (Hemingway)7. He wandered
the street again. (Lindsay)8. He dressed for dinner early and was first
. (Galsworthy)9. I drove back
the narrow road. (Hemingway)10. They mounted
and
, through the musty smell of an old close house, little used, to a large garret bedroom. (Dickens)II. It was just that he had never really looked into a human face
. (Warren)12. The afternoon
the attack was spent in putting the boats ready.
1. They were reluctant to interfere
their niece's private affairs. (Lindsay) 2. A cool March air came
Part II. SYNTAX
THE SIMPLE SENTENCE
Laura was terribly nervous. Tossing the velvet ribbon over her shoulder, she said to a woman standing by, "Is this Mrs. Scott's house?" and the woman, smiling queerly, said, "It is, my lass." Oh, to be away from this! She actually said, "Help me God!" as she walked up the tiny path and knocked. To be away from these staring eyes, or to be covered up in anything, one of those women's shawls even! I'll just leave the basket and go, she decided. I shan't even wait for it to be emptied.