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  • "I don't think I ever saw him after the paper moved to Ketley, which is 43 years ago."

    Shropshire Star 2008

  • Ketley, but I at least expected my husband to be agreeable to the casual guest under his roof.

    The Prairie Child Arthur Stringer 1912

  • Sergeant Ketley, 7th Hussars: 'I was wounded in the head and hip just before the Boers rushed the guns.

    The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • Ketley argued earnestly against this view of a serious subject, and in the hope of convincing her of her error offered to walk as far as Oxford Street with her and put her into her 'bus.

    Esther Waters 1892

  • But Ketley was pluckier than his appearance indicated, and the duels between the two were a constant source of amusement in the bar of the "King's Head."

    Esther Waters 1892

  • Ketley who had persuaded him to risk half a sovereign on the horse.

    Esther Waters 1892

  • "I don't know that I should care to walk about all day with Journeyman, nor Ketley neither."

    Esther Waters 1892

  • Racing with Journeyman was a question of calculation, and great therefore was his contempt for the weak and smiling Ketley, whom he went for on all occasions.

    Esther Waters 1892

  • He thought at first that Ketley was joking, but he soon saw that Ketley regarded the jug and bottle entrance with real suspicion.

    Esther Waters 1892

  • "At nothing that you can see," Ketley answered; and he drank his whisky as if lost in consideration of grave and difficult things.

    Esther Waters 1892

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