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Example Sentences
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Some hae been dingin 't in upo me 'at sic as he maist aye turn oot onything but weel, whan they step oot intil the warl.
From Salted with Fire by George MacDonald
"Ye dinna tell me he gies ye noucht to mainteen the cratur upo?"
From Salted with Fire by George MacDonald
It gars him fling his heid back, and set his een richt afore him—no turn them in upo his ain inside!
From Salted with Fire by George MacDonald
Whiles ae thing an' whiles anither—whiles onything I can lay my han's upo'.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
Want him!" returned Isy, bursting into tears; "I hae lived but upo the bare houp o' gettin him again!
From Salted with Fire by George MacDonald
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