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  • He might a-been my full brother, or me his, only for some mistake in the creation factory somewhere.

    CHAPTER VII 2010

  • It must a-been the same ship, sir, don't you think?

    CHAPTER XII 2010

  • He hath a-been hard upon me this day; but the main of it was to check mother of her ways.

    Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

  • How could I a-been so 'crastinatin' an 'po' Joshua a-dyin 'all dese hyer weeks.

    Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home

  • I cyant think how I could a-been so careless-like, an 'knowin' all de endurin 'time dat I boun' fer ter be a widder.

    Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home

  • If I hadn't a-been a fool among fools I might a-been sittin 'beside my little girl this minute, and not be scared to either, Shelby.

    Peggy Stewart at School

  • Paht ob dey eddications must a-been neglected ef dey gotter be tied up ter keep 'em whar yo 'wants 'em fer ter _stay_ at.

    Peggy Stewart at School

  • "Hit looked like Blatch," whispered the girl; "but I reckon it couldn't a-been."

    Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

  • "I've a-been up before the gen'lemen too many times" -- grinning.

    The Hermit of Far End Margaret Pedler

  • God, suppose it hed a-been five francs, it would uv been ez good ez er play. '

    The Wedge of Gold C. C. Goodwin

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