Example Sentences

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They have been closed since the end of March and say it is unfair they should be penalised because they have been obeying government regulations.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2020

They have been obeying the behests of spiritual impulse, working in war gardens, eliminating luxuries, purchasing bonds, contributing to benevolent enterprises, until democracy is their ruling passion.

From The Reconstructed School by Pearson, Francis B.

Dismount," said they, "the mules have been obeying the bridle and you have directed them wrongly.

From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert

It would have been obeying him in words, and not in spirit....

From The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor