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Examples
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"If I may give an opinion," remarked the strange gentleman,
Sole Music 2010
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“Is it utterly impossible,” continued this gentleman,
Cecilia 2008
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‘It is not my custom, Mr. Ewart,’ said the old gentleman,
Redgauntlet 2008
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At its conclusion, the little man took a pinch of snuff from an oblong silver box, and was apparently on the point of renewing the conversation, when one of the plump gentlemen, who in addition to a benevolent countenance, possessed a pair of spectacles, and a pair of black gaiters, interfered — ‘The fact of the matter is,’ said the benevolent gentleman,
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“I shall be very happy,” returns the iron gentleman,
Bleak House 2007
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‘He is rather anxious,’ pursued the old gentleman,
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‘The back – attic, Mr. Tugby,’ said the gentleman,
The Chimes 2007
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‘We are all anxious to know,’ said the old gentleman,
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‘The very house I live in,’ sighed the poor gentleman,
Nicholas Nickleby 2007
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‘The disparity between our ages,’ said the gentleman,
Dombey and Son 2007
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