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Examples

  • "Spanish football is in a very difficult situation, like our economy," Mr. Gay de Li bena said.

    Spain Blows Whistle on La Liga 2010

  • Antara mereka ini ada dua nama yang bena-benar hebat bagi saya, kerana bersungguh-sungguh dalam hobi ini, mereka adalah

    Archive 2007-04-01 Azmie aka switch image 2007

  • Antara mereka ini ada dua nama yang bena-benar hebat bagi saya, kerana bersungguh-sungguh dalam hobi ini, mereka adalah

    Malaysia National kit 2000 to 2006 Adidas Azmie aka switch image 2007

  • She petted me a good deal at first for being the padre's niece, and called me bena moca (here to be young and fat is the highest personal compliment they can pay you), and quarrelled with us for going off into the mato – the forest, as she called the vendha – to breakfast, instead of coming to her.

    The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897

  • "The Kissocks tak 'efter their faither, they're great hands to talk -- a' bena [except] An'ra '."

    The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

  • 'Happy with you to the end of eternity,' and then this/noti bena/.

    Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

  • Tryst; "gin it bena a leeberty, ilka ane o's hes a sair fecht tae keep straicht in oor wy o 'business, but ye 've gien 's a lift the day," and so they must needs all have a grip of the Doctor's hand, who took snuff with prodigality, while the General complained of the smoke from the engine.

    Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Ian Maclaren 1878

  • -- "Nae mair o 'that, Jock," says I. "Gin I bena a gentleman, or a 'be dune," -- an 'there

    Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

  • There's this comfort in 't, that gin she bena richt weel worthy o 'ye, auld frien', she winna tak ye. '

    Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

  • 'Here he is, grannie; and gin ye bena saitisfeed yet --'

    Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

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