Example Sentences

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But stay—let me see: make it to bearer, sir—Mr Smith or bearer; it might not be pleasant to Sir Philip Vining to have it known at his banker’s that I am transacting family business.

From By Birth a Lady by Fenn, George Manville

I am transacting for him a certain small matter for which he is pretty sure to give me a reward.

From The Miser by Wall, Charles Heron