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Examples
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The public prosecutor rang, and the office-boy appeared.
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Monsieur de Granville rang, and said to the office-boy who answered:
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The office-boy opened the door, and Jacques Collin came in, quite calm and unmoved.
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The Countess in her agitation rang as if she had been at home, and the office-boy came in.
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At this juncture his office door opened, and his very youthful office-boy presented him the card of F.A. Cowperwood.
The Titan 2004
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Myrtle Cass, as the office-boy, was so much pleased by the applause of her relatives, then so much agitated by the remarks of
Main Street 2004
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They began to skylark; to play with the sacred lights; to giggle when Carol was trying to make the sentimental Myrtle Cass into a humorous office-boy; to act everything but “The Girl from Kankakee.”
Main Street 2004
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Aileen Butler was announced by his office-boy, and at the same time
The Financier 2004
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The office-boy was not here at the time, and he insisted upon taking his trunk upstairs himself.
Monsieur Lecoq �mile Gaboriau 2003
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And since there was no office-boy present, for him to dazzle with his wit, he applied himself to demonstrating to his table-companion what a sad, sad dog he was.
Australia Felix 2003
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