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He wants the game demonstrated to the children.

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Here’s a very interesting item for them to read.

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His being engaged to Katherine prevented me from talking frankly with him about the matter.

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I heard the sound of the car starting.

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Industrial applications of energy increasing, more and more energy is needed every year.

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Iris stared out over the landscape, her chin cupped in her hand.

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For money to be able to work it must be either invested or deposited in bank.

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Mrs. Honey will have the ceiling of her room whitewashed.

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It being Sunday, there was no one in the office,

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Our son is too little for us to leave him alone.

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