Example Sentences

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The young De Bruyne and his friends had been ruining the flowers and plants in the garden so were allowed to use only a plastic ball.

From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2017

"You talk as if I had been ruining my wife and ten small children," cried Gerald, impatiently.

From The Two Guardians or, Home in This World by Yonge, Charlotte Mary