Example Sentences

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"You know, Siward," he was accustomed to say with a smile, "you inherit what I am qualifying myself to transmit."

From The Fighting Chance by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

I am qualifying for the position of district leader hereabouts, although I'm not announcing it from the house-tops.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

Well, my dear," returned Caddy, "I am indeed, for to tell you a grand secret, I am qualifying myself to give lessons. 

From Bleak House by Dickens, Charles