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Example sentences for "years gone"

  • But, as it seems to me, there is even more ground for the likelihood of Newman's suggestion, if one tries to trace the lineage and land of the families of Nicholson in years gone by.

  • The mental eye can no longer see through the old means which served it in years gone by for lens.

  • It is not, it cannot be, because our eyes, as a nation, have been shut to the fact of what the faults of our own administration have been in years gone by.

  • One of the most prominent families in Newburgh in years gone by was that of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Powell, from whom the celebrated river boats were named.

  • In years gone by I remember that this ivy-covered stone house was deemed inaccessible, as it was reached only by private conveyance or stage coach.

  • Our guides (an officer and a soldier) afterwards conducted us down several flights of steps into the dungeons of the Spielberg, and, with a lighted torch, led the way through those infamous abodes of the cruelty of years gone by.

  • Many of the Lord's people too, in years gone by, have had to pass through fiery trials such as these.

  • The Pinners were in years gone by an important guild, and in 1376 returned two men to the Common Council of London.

  • Copper, the base of so many alloys, has itself been found a useful alloy of most workable metals, not only in modern times but in years gone by.

  • Perhaps one of the most interesting uses to which copper has been put is that of executing beautiful miniatures--tiny pictures, portraits, and emblematic designs such as were used by traders on their stationery in years gone by.

  • In years gone by the French had also contemplated such a canal, and had even gone to work at the Isthmus of Panama, making an elaborate survey and doing not a little digging.

  • There were two of these brigades, and it is worth noting that they formed a division under the command of Major-General Joseph Wheeler, who had in years gone by fought so gallantly on the side of the Confederacy.

  • It was the idea of materiality that caused the superstitious folk in years gone by to attribute to ghosts all kinds of weird and eccentric acts which could not otherwise be explained.

  • They passed a slope where a forest fire had swept in years gone by.

  • Helen wondered, as she looked up at him, if the rock had been used for sentinel purposes in years gone by.

  • It seems to me that this ridge must have been used by Indian watchers in years gone by.

  • In years gone by the importance of this waterway was enormous.

  • But in years gone by, there was almost as much fashion changing among the men on the prairie as among the woman in the drawing-room.

  • Ah, but few know what a hateful place it is to Hilary Vane to-day, this keyboard at which he has sat so complacently in years gone by, the envied of conventions.

  • General Clapsaddle was there from the army to take Dorothy in his arms, even as he had embraced another bride on the same spot in years gone by.

  • In years gone by, Dunk Island, "Coonanglebah" of the blacks, had an evil repute.

  • Whereas in years gone by but two species of sea-birds nested on Purtaboi, now at least six avail themselves of that refuge.

  • Great as the company of birds seems, it is small compared with the myriads that favoured the islands in years gone by.

  • I haven't forgotten the cruel floggings I have had from you and your father in years gone by, and I am dog-tired of your service.

  • It reminded him of his mother in years gone by.

  • Twice before has Ndala sent to me thus, and once to my father in years gone by.

  • The slave of the pipe and the moderate smoker of years gone by have left behind them relics in nearly every home.

  • One of the village occupations during winter evenings in years gone by was to make wooden objects, although most of their efforts were directed in other ways than table appointments (see Chapter XIII, Fig.

  • In years gone by Rodney had been a good deal of a cripple, but a surgical operation had done wonders for him and now he was almost as strong as any of the others.

  • French hunter and trapper who, in years gone by, had worked for Jean Bevoir.

  • In years gone by the Delawares had been a mighty tribe, numbering over a hundred villages of importance.

  • Twelve miles away was a trading-post, which in years gone by had been erected by a Frenchman named Camboyne.

  • And in years gone by, they do say, it was three, and four, and five roubles.

  • Why, in years gone by, for the mere sight of a Russian they paid three roubles out that way.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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