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Danh sách câu dẫn chứng (16.308 câu)
His attendants perceiving that he was awake, one of them asked his pleasure concerning the Lord Chancellor, who was waiting without.
Từ trong câu: wait, concern, pleasure, perceive, who, without, one, chancellor
Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It was presuming a good deal to ask such a question, but the young clerical gentleman could not restrain his curiosity.
Từ trong câu: clerical, presume, good, deal, ask, question, young, gentleman
Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Sometimes I was fixing to go to bed, and had to hitch up my horse and go five or six miles.
Từ trong câu: hitch, sometimes, fix, go, bed, up, horse, five
United States. Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 4 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
A woman who was expecting a baby--her ninth--applied at a dispensary where Dr. Inglis happened to be in charge.
Từ trong câu: dispensary, woman, expect, baby, apply, dr, happen, charge
Eva Shaw McLaren, Elsie Inglis: The Woman with the Torch - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
The newcomer cluttered a quick sentence or two to his countryman, and was still talking when a third figure sidled in.
Từ trong câu: clutter, newcomer, quick, sentence, countryman, still, talk, third
Arthur Stringer, Never-Fail Blake - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Their flames looked orange and violet against the clear grey blue of the sky where already a few stars were twinkling.
Từ trong câu: star, sky, violet, clear, look, orange, gray, blue
E. Nesbit, The Railway Children - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It was a week later that Mrs. Viney remarked to Mother how well this last lot of coal was holding out.
Từ trong câu: week, late, mrs, remark, mother, well, last, lot
E. Nesbit, The Railway Children - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They were leaning out on the other side, telling the Porter a tale about a dog and a leg of mutton.
Từ trong câu: mutton, lean, out, side, tell, tale, dog, leg
E. Nesbit, The Railway Children - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They had all washed their hands and faces, and brushed their hair, and were looking as tidy as they knew how.
Từ trong câu: tidy, brush, wash, hand, face, hair, look, know
E. Nesbit, The Railway Children - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
He was showing the parents in question round the studies when he heard an uproar proceeding from somewhere near the cloisters.
Từ trong câu: cloister, show, parent, question, round, study, hear, proceed
Alec Waugh, The Loom of Youth - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
These men were not on duty for the moment and were chatting as merrily as if they were in no danger.
Từ trong câu: chat, man, duty, moment, danger
Various, The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
And they were sticking all this while we were snoring in our horrible, warm, soft beds only a few miles away.
Từ trong câu: snore, stick, horrible, warm, soft, bed, mile, away
Anonymous, Diary of a nursing sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
They never worked at night unless it was to bring in fodder or hay when it looked like rain was coming.
Từ trong câu: hay, never, work, night, unless, bring, look, like
United States. Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XIV, South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He did not pity the young fellow opposite him who had listened so intently and now was looking thoughtfully into space.
Từ trong câu: pity, intently, young, fellow, opposite, listen, now, look
Various, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Many words which were already dying out were used by the translators, and so kept their place in the English language.
Từ trong câu: translator, many, word, already, die, out, use, keep
Elizabeth O'Neill, Stories That Words Tell Us - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She was unwilling passively to outgrow her trials, feeling that thereby she would lose the strength they were intended to give.
Từ trong câu: outgrow, unwilling, trial, feel, thereby, lose, strength, intend
Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
The lawyer and the detective were looking in upon them, their faces beaming with satisfaction at the sight of their quarry.
Từ trong câu: quarry, lawyer, detective, look, face, beam, satisfaction, sight
Edgar Jepson, Happy Pollyooly: The Rich Little Poor Girl - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
"One night he was going across a bridge and taking a sack of melons to Magnolia to sell in slavery times.
Từ trong câu: melon, night, go, across, bridge, take, sack, sell
United States. Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The two were pulling up on the beach the battered hull of the wrecked motor boat, now more dilapidated than ever.
Từ trong câu: battered, pull, up, beach, batter, hull, motor, boat
Vance Barnum, Frank and Andy Afloat; Or, The Cave on the Island - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
It was the hour when mists depart and midnight phantoms flee, The rosy sun was blushing red along the splendid sea.
Từ trong câu: phantom, mist, blush, rosy, hour, depart, midnight, flee
Robert I., 1855-1916 [Editor] Fulton, Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions from Best Authors for Use in Class Room and on the Platform - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
While the Turks were assiduously bombing the dummy, the real bridge was being built at a great pace and without interference.
Từ trong câu: bombing, bomb, real, bridge, build, great, pace
Antony Bluett, With our army in Palestine - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
A radio broadcast heard by a motorist prompted the listener to report sighting the car in which the two were riding.
Từ trong câu: motorist, radio, broadcast, hear, prompt, listener, report, sight
«Teens sought in Pennsylvania killings found», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=26056 (bản sửa đổi 4827183) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
The Roanoke Times reported that the campus seemed tranquil and that most students were wearing the school colors, orange and maroon.
Từ trong câu: tranquil, time, report, campus, seem, student, wear, school
«Wikinews Shorts: April 23, 2007», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=66176 (bản sửa đổi 4831317) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
The Courier-Mail reported that the premier was moving to "tie off issues that could hurt Labor's prospects" in the election.
Từ trong câu: courier, mail, report, premier, move, tie, off, issue
«Queensland Premier denies March 28 election», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=120802 (bản sửa đổi 4824658) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
The flight was carrying no wooden pallets.
Từ trong câu: pallet, flight, carry, wooden
«False dawn for Air France flight; debris not from crash, search continues», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=127431 (bản sửa đổi 4817660) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
The carriage, however, was hanging over the river, and firefighters had to use cables to stop it from falling any more.
Từ trong câu: firefighter, carriage, however, hang, river, use, cable, stop
«Landslide causes train derailment in Italy; nine dead», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=172726 (bản sửa đổi 4821047) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
It was later discovered that they were wearing inadequate protective footwear and failed to draw their attention to a radiation alert.
Từ trong câu: footwear, late, discover, wear, inadequate, protective, fail, draw
«Japanese earthquake death toll surpasses ten thousand», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=252412 (bản sửa đổi 4820639) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
We were told that we were moving in three days' time, and that meantime we had to re-equip and reorganise.
Từ trong câu: reorganise, tell, move, day, time, meantime, be, equip
5th Great Britain. Army. Highland Light Infantry. Battalion, The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“O, God, this is dreadful!” he said, turning away in agony, and wringing Tom’s hand, scarce conscious what he was doing.
Từ trong câu: conscious, dreadful, agony, god, turn, away, hand, do
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The first he did know, she was walking by his side, erect and proud, in the dim gray of the dawn.
Từ trong câu: dim, dawn, gray, erect, first, know, walk, side
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US