Example Sentences

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Thinks they are tunnelling an' coming up under him, I suppose.

From Hopalong Cassidy by Mulford, Clarence E.

We are tunnelling into the mountains, where are the great deposits of coal. 

From The Lady of the Shroud by Stoker, Bram

"But during that time your enemies are tunnelling their mine."

From The Deputy of Arcis by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott