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I was there this summer for about a month helpin buildin fence with some friends. for a Pastor friend. loved it.
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This peryod lasted a few millyion years, an 'thin th' mush caked an 'become buildin'-materyal, an' threes grew out iv th 'buildin'-materyal an' fell down an 'become coal.
Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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"Memsa'b ain't convinced more trouble ain't comin 'an' I don't know as buildin 'up' igh walls and sittin 'behind 'em is such a good notion."
The Wizard Of London Lackey, Mercedes 2005
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The last five or six years he's been taken with the idea of buildin 'that cursed house.
Children of the Bush Henry Lawson 1894
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I see him he was in th 'buildin' an 'contractin' line -- carryin 'a hod an' pushin 'an Irishman's buggy ...
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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"At Melton's No. 8, Oi moind, th 'shtables is a good bit av a way from th' rist av th 'buildin's, an' hid from soight be a knowl av ground."
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'Nd, "to the policeman," yeh stay here an' hold up anybody 't tries tuh leave th 'buildin'.
The Brass Bowl Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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I donno if you know what I mean, but he was always takin 'in the tops o' buildin's an 'lookin' at the roads an 'behavin' like he noticed -- the way you don't when you live in a town.
Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906
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I said that to myself right off, an 'buildin' costs money.
The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I Gerhart Hauptmann 1904
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I've a-thought sometimes, now, o 'buildin' a boat down here, an ', when the time came, makin' believe to exchange.
Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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