Basil I
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“Are there any adders around the Mossflower region, Basil? I mean, if there were, then you’d be the very creature to know about them, being an expert and all that.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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"Thank you, Basil, I think I will let you go alone," said my wife.
From A Pair of Patient Lovers by Howells, William Dean
"Basil, I was just thinking, how will you?"
From Diana by Warner, Susan
"Basil, I should think it was dreadful to live in such a place as that."
From Diana by Warner, Susan
"Basil, I can never pay you," she said, with a voice that faltered a little.
From Diana by Warner, Susan
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