intervening

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There was a barbed-wire fence intervening, and it pleased him to take it "on the fly."

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  • We pushed on to the frontier post at Dobrilovina through glades of fir-trees with pasture intervening, as the soil was rocky or fertile, and reached the margin of the Tara late in the afternoon, a good day's ride from Aluga. —  The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II
  • After each breakdown she seemed to feel that she must make up for lost time, and she planned an advance towards Ikot Ekpene, being anxious to secure that point and the intervening area for her church. —  Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
  • The hope of the governor intervening was a vain one. —  BEWITCHING FAMILIAR
  • While the researchers will continue to explore other methods of intervening, they urge parents to step in as well. —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • By intervening, the RBI brought more grief for itself. —  LBO-Lanka Business Online
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