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  • He had, as it appears, been returning from Fareham in the twilight, and as the country was unknown to him, and the chalk-pit unfenced, the jury had no hesitation in bringing in a verdict of 'death from accidental causes.'

    Sole Music 2010

  • Mr Punch aptly described the product as a “wishy-washy triumph of art over nature ... milk from the pump and chalk-pit, without ever having been possessed of a cow.”

    Adulteration of Food and Drink in Victorian England 2007

  • Mr Punch aptly described the product as a “wishy-washy triumph of art over nature ... milk from the pump and chalk-pit, without ever having been possessed of a cow.”

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • The chalk-pit was full of sunshine and the murmuration of bees.

    To Let 2004

  • They had a long talk, sitting above an old chalk-pit grown over with brambles and goosepenny.

    To Let 2004

  • He came to the old chalk-pit above Wansdon with his mind no more made up than when he started.

    To Let 2004

  • Climbing, they came to a disused chalk-pit, which they circumvented.

    The Trespasser 2003

  • Dobbin this morning before it was light, and got it out of the chalk-pit. '

    Chambers's Elementary Science Readers Book I Various

  • He had, as it appears, been returning from Fareham in the twilight, and as the country was unknown to him, and the chalk-pit unfenced, the jury had no hesitation in bringing in a verdict of 'death from accidental causes.'

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1950

  • Hanging over the edge of the chalk-pit was the squire's carriage.

    Amos Huntingdon T.P. Wilson

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