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"Ron was a very well-respected, very well-liked guy," said one of his bosses, Scott Eave.
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Eave overhangs can be 4 feet with no additional support
“Architecture School” Reality Show Premieres on Sundance | Inhabitat 2008
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Eave repair awaits the filling of the hole in the ground, as said section of eave is right above the hole and there remains, thereby, a slight difficulty in the placement of ladders....
Slow progress jhetley 2004
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In May little Luke had watched Mr. and Mrs. Lun-i-fro the Eave Swallows while they had built their queer, pocket-shaped, mud hut beneath the eaves of the big barn.
The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends Melvin Hix
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It was not their way to shower princely gifts upon strangers; in general, the attitude of all the Wallings toward a stranger was that of the London hooligan -- "'Eave a' arf a brick at 'im!"
The Metropolis Upton Sinclair 1923
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'Eave me flat, if' e'll be two blocks wi 'liquor an' dischargin 'cargo.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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'Eave me flat, if' e'll be two blocks wi 'liquor an' dischargin 'cargo.
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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'Eave me flat, if' e'll be two blocks wi 'liquor an' dischargin 'cargo.
Richard Carvel — Volume 05 Winston Churchill 1909
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Eave-drappers don't hear no good er deyse'f, en de way Brer Fox wuz 'bused dat day wuz a caution.
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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I am not denying the force, or even the popularity, of the '' Eave arf a brick 'school of criticism, but
Miscellanies Oscar Wilde 1877
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