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... seen to be admired . Il . Lond . News , No. 3858 , 420 b . ii . He never needed to ask what they were about . LYTTON , Paul Clif . , Ch . XXII , 262 . Note . The following quotations exhibit exceptional practice , mostly due to the ...
... seen to be admired . Il . Lond . News , No. 3858 , 420 b . ii . He never needed to ask what they were about . LYTTON , Paul Clif . , Ch . XXII , 262 . Note . The following quotations exhibit exceptional practice , mostly due to the ...
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... seen . TEMPLE THURSTON , The City of Beaut . Nons . , III , Ch . VII , 278 . b ) Also when followed by an infinitive , especially a passive infinitive , to need may have the second meaning , but in this combination there is mostly some ...
... seen . TEMPLE THURSTON , The City of Beaut . Nons . , III , Ch . VII , 278 . b ) Also when followed by an infinitive , especially a passive infinitive , to need may have the second meaning , but in this combination there is mostly some ...
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... seen . POPE , ES . on Man , II , 218 . It was an ugly story of low passion , delusion , and waking from delusion , which needs not to be dragged from the privacy of Godfrey's bitter memory . G. ELIOT , Sil . Marn . , I , Ch . III , 25 ...
... seen . POPE , ES . on Man , II , 218 . It was an ugly story of low passion , delusion , and waking from delusion , which needs not to be dragged from the privacy of Godfrey's bitter memory . G. ELIOT , Sil . Marn . , I , Ch . III , 25 ...
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... seen such a person as me . DICK . , Great Expect . , Ch . I , 8 . Go and never dare to speak to this man again ! RIDER HAGGARD , She , 182. ' ) Never you dare to darken my doorstep again ! DU MAURIER , Trilby , II , 60 . If you want a ...
... seen such a person as me . DICK . , Great Expect . , Ch . I , 8 . Go and never dare to speak to this man again ! RIDER HAGGARD , She , 182. ' ) Never you dare to darken my doorstep again ! DU MAURIER , Trilby , II , 60 . If you want a ...
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... seen the sun to rise | For years . BYRON , Pris . of Chil . , II . The duke observing his eye to brighten a little , said [ etc. ] . LAMB , Tales , Meas . for Meas . , 247. T. I've never heard any one to touch you . Westm 39 Practice ...
... seen the sun to rise | For years . BYRON , Pris . of Chil . , II . The duke observing his eye to brighten a little , said [ etc. ] . LAMB , Tales , Meas . for Meas . , 247. T. I've never heard any one to touch you . Westm 39 Practice ...
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active voice adjectival adjective adnominal adjunct adverbial adjunct appears Bankrupt Heart Christm Chuz clause common Compare compounds construction CURME dare DICK distinctly Domb durst E. F. BENSON ELIOT express following quotations genitive gerund GOLDSMITH Gram grammatical function Haml head-word Hist instances J. M. BARRIE JANE AUSTEN JESPERSEN lady Life's Morn Lond Lord LYTTON MARRYAT Mating of Lydia Modern English MURRAY N. E. Gr non-prepositional object Note noun of action observed passive infinitive passive meaning passive voice past participle Pend perfect infinitive person Pickw practice preceded predicate preposition prepositional infinitive present participle preterite SARAH GRAND Scorr seems sentence SHAK SHAKESPEARE SHER sometimes STOF substantival SWEET Synt TEMPLE THURSTON tense THACK thing time-sphere transitive verbs verb verbal VIII Virg Westm word word-group XVIII
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