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  • The only problem is to avoid the breastbone; it goes down lower than ye think, and if ye get yer knife stuck in that soft bit on the tip, it will hardly harm yer victim at all, but ye'll be wi'out a knife, and he'll ha 'you.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • We've seen it, though - sure enough, Crixus is over the moon, haverin 'on about the returned prodigal, an' biddin 'Joe take ye tae Concord wi'out delay, where ye'll be presented tae Brown at the house of Frank Sanborn.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • "We ain't leavin 'wi'out we collect what's ours, an' a bit more fer th 'trouble yer caused."

    The Wizard Of London Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • I tol 'Karamjit where we went-an' when Memsa'b comes 'ome wi'out us-

    The Wizard Of London Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • It is but excessive few, it is but just an exception here and there, now and then, sich as ye two young uns and me, that being in a different sphere, can understand t 'one t' other, and be friends wi'out slavishness o 'one hand, or pride o' t 'other.

    Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

  • A household o 'women is nivver fit to be comed on wi'out warning.

    Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

  • We've seen it, though - sure enough, Crixus is over the moon, haverin 'on about the returned prodigal, an' biddin 'Joe take ye tae Concord wi'out delay, where ye'll be presented tae Brown at the house of Frank Sanborn.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • We've seen it, though - sure enough, Crixus is over the moon, haverin 'on about the returned prodigal, an' biddin 'Joe take ye tae Concord wi'out delay, where ye'll be presented tae Brown at the house of Frank Sanborn.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • There's times to fight wi'out counting the cost, but there's times ye bite your tongue and bide your time.

    Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

  • "I'd say ye're dogsmeat, if you untie yon lass wi'out a dirk in your hand."

    Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

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