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  • I wanted my own pony so much, but we could never afford it, of course, with the upkeep, stable fees, horse-boxes, all the stuff that goes with it.

    Above Suspicion Lynda La Plante 2004

  • I wanted my own pony so much, but we could never afford it, of course, with the upkeep, stable fees, horse-boxes, all the stuff that goes with it.

    Above Suspicion Lynda La Plante 2004

  • The entry was by a yard; and some of the former horse-boxes had been rudely knocked together to provide accommodation.

    Australia Felix 2003

  • Then Tchertop-hanov rushed into one of the three horse-boxes in the stable in which Malek-Adel was put.

    A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

  • Together they scrutinised the horse-boxes, the manger, and the lock on the door, turned over the hay and the straw, and then went into the courtyard.

    A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

  • Saturday, the beginning of winter, opened with a cold raw souther and a surging sea, which washed over the Dock-piers; in such weather it was impossible to embark ten mules without horse-boxes.

    The Land of Midian 2003

  • To right and to left, in horse-boxes raised above the ground, stood nearly thirty horses, groomed to perfection.

    A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

  • Pullitzer had set off to Catterick early in the smaller of the stable's two horse-boxes, accompanied by his own lad and the travelling head lad, Vic Young, who supervised the care of the horses while they were away from home.

    Bonecrack Francis, Dick 1971

  • From the horse-boxes at the rear of the train came such a sound that Sean hoped never to hear again.

    The Sound of Thunder Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1966

  • He said the firm had got two good horse-boxes out of action in Cheltenham week and he took a poor view of the administration. '

    Dead Cert Francis, Dick 1962

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