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Building operations were in hand; work was always proceeding at the Minster or at one or other of the religious houses and churches.
Từ trong câu: minster, build, operation, hand, work, always, proceed, religious
Edwin Benson, Life in a mediæval city - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Dr. Fulton's second wife, Aunt Laura, was a lovely woman, for we all learned to love her when her first husband was living.
Từ trong câu: aunt, lovely, dr, second, wife, woman, learn, love
Kate, 1858-1900? Drumgoold, A Slave Girl's Story Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold. - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
At El Maadan an important railhead was being constructed for the storage of water, which was kept in large and small canvas tanks.
Từ trong câu: storage, important, construct, water, keep, large, small, tank
S. J. Wilson, The Seventh Manchesters: July 1916 to March 1919 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The giant, thinking some venomous parasite was injuring his flesh, aimed, and a moment too late had thumped his fist upon the place.
Từ trong câu: parasite, venomous, giant, think, injure, flesh, aim, moment
Laurence Housman, The Field of Clover - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
She was wondering; not about Mr. Kane, nor about his suffering, nor about the oddity of thus talking with him about her own.
Từ trong câu: oddity, wonder, mr, suffer, thus, talk
Anne Douglas Sedgwick, Franklin Kane - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Betty was bending busily over her cloak and still thus occupied when he brought in the second and third trailing armful of boughs.
Từ trong câu: armful, bend, cloak, still, thus, occupy, bring, second
Jackson Gregory, Daughter of the Sun: A Tale of Adventure - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
It was after Horace had joined them, and he laid his hand lightly on her shoulder as she was contemplating her new signature.
Từ trong câu: signature, lightly, join, lay, hand, shoulder, new
Various, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
At last she again paused, and pointed with a rigid, bony finger to a little alder twig, which was trembling in the breeze.
Từ trong câu: bony, last, again, pause, point, finger, little, tremble
Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
At this very time, indeed, the French, having lost their colonies, were substituting roasted horse-beans for coffee, and extracting sugar from beetroot.
Từ trong câu: roast, bean, time, indeed, lose, colony, substitute, horse
Edward Farr, The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From the Accession of George III. to the Twenty-Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The same ingenuity that had gone into producing weapons of destruction was being turned to the challenging, but rewarding, tasks of economic expansion.
Từ trong câu: ingenuity, go, produce, weapon, destruction, turn, challenge, reward
Bahá'í International Community, Century of Light - Tiếng Anh, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc
And I was just writing to my sister--my half sister today, I didn't even expect to much as a handkerchief for Christmas.
Từ trong câu: handkerchief, write, sister, half, today, even, expect, much
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
Or look around to see if any of the party or the pack was rolling down over the spareribs of that ghastly skeleton.
Từ trong câu: sparerib, look, around, see, party, pack, roll, down
Mary Roberts Rinehart, Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Vuko Vuletitch, the hotelier, in his green, red-embroidered coat, was haranguing them from the doorstep with the latest telegram in his hand.
Từ trong câu: hotelier, green, red, coat, late, telegram, hand
M. E. Durham, Twenty Years of Balkan Tangle - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
Curtis was toying with his fourth meal since sunset, and admitted that he was ready for anything rather than spaghetti a la tomato.
Từ trong câu: spaghetti, toy, meal, since, sunset, admit, ready, anything
Louis Tracy, One Wonderful Night: A Romance of New York - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The reply was discouraging; but it contained a practical suggestion, by which, however, the Protestant leaders were either unwilling or unable to profit.
Từ trong câu: unwilling, reply, discourage, contain, practical, suggestion, however, leader
Charles F., 1870-1942 [Editor] Horne, The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
Mark Twain once listened to the complaints of an old riverboat pilot who was having trouble making the switch from sail to steam.
Từ trong câu: switch, mark, once, listen, complaint, old, pilot, trouble
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics., The Practical Values of Space Exploration Report of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, Second Session - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Fortunately his aim was as bad as his taste was deplorable in coming at a time when decent folk were having a meal.
Từ trong câu: decent, fortunately, aim, bad, taste, come, time, folk
Antony Bluett, With our army in Palestine - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Police said that the five-month-old girl and her twin sister were sleeping in a front room when the fire broke out.
Từ trong câu: twin, police, five, month, old, girl, sister, sleep
«Five month old girl injured in "deliberate" house fire», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=34438 (bản sửa đổi 4818022) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
He was facing murder charges after dropping an eight-kilogram concrete block onto a car travelling on the Auckland motorway, killing the driver.
Từ trong câu: motorway, face, murder, charge, drop, eight, kilogram, concrete
«NZ teenager convicted in motorway case», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=44656 (bản sửa đổi 4726350) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
The clashes began when security forces cordoned off a house in the morning, after being tipped off that suspected rebels were living there.
Từ trong câu: cordon, begin, security, force, off, house, morning, tip
«Two suspected rebels killed in gunfight with authorities in Kashmir», English Wikinews, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikinews.org/?curid=147440 (bản sửa đổi 4828042) - English Wikinews - CC BY 2.5
During the day constant reports arrived that the Guards had gained their objectives, and that tanks and cheering men were moving through Lesboeufs.
Từ trong câu: objective, tank, day, constant, report, arrive, guard, gain
Thomas Owen, Sir, 1866- [Editor] Marden, A Short History of the 6th Division: Aug. 1914-March 1919 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The railway was being pushed on as fast as possible, and by this time was near Mejdel, though Deir Sineid was still railhead.
Từ trong câu: railway, possible, fast, push, time, near, though, still
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
All forenoon rumours were floating about that arrangements were being made for an attempt to retake the Vineyard by troops on our left.
Từ trong câu: rumour, rumor, float, arrangement, make, attempt, troop, leave
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
The house was being redecorated, and Clara went from room to room, watching the workmen, and even learned to grind and mix paints.
Từ trong câu: redecorate, house, go, room, watch, even, learn, mix
Kate Dickinson Sweetser, Ten American Girls from History - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Miss Ophelia felt rather disposed to cavil at this picture, and was laying down her knitting to begin, but St. Clare stopped her.
Từ trong câu: picture, miss, feel, rather, dispose, lay, down, begin
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Sometimes I think all this sighing, and groaning, and stirring among the dry bones foretells what she used to tell me was coming.
Từ trong câu: dry, bone, stir, sometimes, think, sigh, among, use
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I was thinking of dat ar very thing; cause I shouldn’t need no clothes, nor shoes, nor nothin,—I could save every cent.
Từ trong câu: shoe, think, thing, cause, need, clothes, save, every
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
When they were arranging him for his last rest, they found upon his bosom a small, plain miniature case, opening with a spring.
Từ trong câu: miniature, arrange, last, rest, find, small, plain, case
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I held his hand, and then he screamed and kicked and ran to his father, and told him that I was fighting him.
Từ trong câu: fighting, hold, hand, scream, kick, run, father, tell
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
In the course of the day, Tom was working near the mulatto woman who had been bought in the same lot with himself.
Từ trong câu: lot, working, course, day, work, near, woman, buy
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US