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The SNP came close in several seats in Oct 1974 and sunck without trace in nearly all in 1979.
Lib Dem PPC and MEP want a referendum Jeff 2009
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Yet in the end, (for warre of none takes keepe) _Grinuile_ sunck her within the watry deepe.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Queene Elinor, who sunck at Charingcrosse, and rose againe at
The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne
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Shipp; wee tooke what was needfull out of her, for dyett, wines, brandie, and what elce wee found good, and burnt and sunck all the rest.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Just over against it there was a Church wch was almost sunck into ye sands being a very sandy place.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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When he first bought her, I thinke he had made a saving match, if he had then sunck her, and never set her forth.
Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts William Bradford 1623
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Yet in the end, (for warre of none takes keepe) _Grinuile_ sunck her within the watry deepe.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 07 England's Naval Exploits Against Spain Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Sir, I am not out of hopes hut that while your aged eyes and mine are yet in their orbes, and not yet sunck doune into their holes of rotten - nes, we shall leave our friends and countrimen, our children and rela - tions, and this land in peace behind us.
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Chivers crew boarded: and the Quartermaster and some of Cullifords crew went on Board: she was laden with Pieces 8, Gold and Dollers, was reputed to the vallue of one Hundred and twenty or thirty thousand pounds. there were some shots made and several turks were killed and wounded and two or three of Chivers Company: they put the men on shoare on the Coast of India, sunck their own ship and took the turkey ship and then shared the money, about 700 or 800 l. a man in each ship, and gave the Deponent who pumped for them on occasion and was ready at call 250 l., not deeming him as one of them but in the nature of a prisoner, and told him if that he would go out with them their next Voyage, he should be all one as the rest. thence the said
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Next day I went to Cochen Well 10 mile, mostly good open way except a hill or two wch were steep and stony, tho 'this was the Longer way and about, yet by reason of ye former raines it was the safest, for ye Lower way was run over by the waters wch are Land flouds from the swelling Brookes, wch are up in a few hours and are sunck in the same tyme againe – the wayes were somewhat Dirty.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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