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Examples
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“He may be of noble birth, and yet have pulled the doorlatch,” cried Desroches.
Le Colonel Chabert 2007
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“He may be of noble birth, and yet have pulled the doorlatch,” cried Desroches.
Le Colonel Chabert 2007
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She tried throwing them both back with a sudden Steelpush against a doorlatch, but the anchor was too weak, and Kar barely stumbled.
Mistborn Sanderson_Brandon 2006
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Not even curious, Coglin thought, tugging at the doorlatch.
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Michael Ledwidge 2003
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Not even curious, Coglin thought, tugging at the doorlatch.
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Michael Ledwidge 2003
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Not even curious, Coglin thought, tugging at the doorlatch.
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Michael Ledwidge 2003
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Not even curious, Coglin thought, tugging at the doorlatch.
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Michael Ledwidge 2003
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Her flying skirt caught on the doorlatch and tore, disregarded as she hurled herself out into the dark companionway.
Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997
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I went up the steps until the water barely covered my ankles and tried the doorlatch.
Longshot Francis, Dick 1990
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I went up the steps until the water barely covered my ankles and tried the doorlatch.
Longshot Francis, Dick 1990
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