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Examples
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Beatson was gripping Scarlett by the sleeve, rattling urgently in his ear.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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Scarlett was sitting gaping at the ridge, damning his eyes and the Russians alternately until Beatson jerked at his sleeve.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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Beatson did not understand the basis for this phenomenon estrogen, the ovarian hormone, had not yet been discovered by Doisy, but intrigued by the inexplicable link between ovaries and breasts, Beatson had surgically removed the ovaries of three women with breast cancer.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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It was unbelievable, this roaring fat old man, waving his hat like some buffer at a cricket match, while Beatson tried to shout sense into him.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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In the late 1890s, an adventurous Scottish surgeon named George Beatson, trying to devise new surgical methods to treat breast cancer, had learned from shepherds in the Scottish highlands that the removal of the ovaries from cows altered their capacity to lactate and changed the quality of their udders.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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In the late 1890s, an adventurous Scottish surgeon named George Beatson, trying to devise new surgical methods to treat breast cancer, had learned from shepherds in the Scottish highlands that the removal of the ovaries from cows altered their capacity to lactate and changed the quality of their udders.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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In the late 1890s, an adventurous Scottish surgeon named George Beatson, trying to devise new surgical methods to treat breast cancer, had learned from shepherds in the Scottish highlands that the removal of the ovaries from cows altered their capacity to lactate and changed the quality of their udders.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Beatson did not understand the basis for this phenomenon estrogen, the ovarian hormone, had not yet been discovered by Doisy, but intrigued by the inexplicable link between ovaries and breasts, Beatson had surgically removed the ovaries of three women with breast cancer.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Beatson did not understand the basis for this phenomenon estrogen, the ovarian hormone, had not yet been discovered by Doisy, but intrigued by the inexplicable link between ovaries and breasts, Beatson had surgically removed the ovaries of three women with breast cancer.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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There was an incessant whine and thump of shot; Beatson was scanning the ridge anxiously through his glass.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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