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"Might I ask how long I have been sojourning on the top floor of this house, and how I got there?"

From Bambi by Cooke, Marjorie Benton

The fact is, that I have been sojourning this summer utterly beyond the reach of posts.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various

Lady Lackington and myself have been sojourning here the last three weeks, awaiting this arrival, and I am at a loss to see why our patience is to be pushed further.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James

They are en route from Germany—where they have been sojourning since their marriage—for England, where her accouchement is to take place.

From The Idler in France by Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of

The most remarkable passage relates to the arch-conspirator Guye Fawkes, who must have been sojourning at Venice at that time.

From Pope: His Descent and Family Connections Facts and Conjectures by Hunter, Joseph