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While this was transacting the party were profoundly silent.

From The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. by Flint, Timothy

As they were a little early, they were obliged to wait for the agent to finish the business he was transacting with two men.

From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Lester, Pauline

Most of the Marshals were in the room, and it would have been a tour indeed to have glided through the hearts of each when such an extraordinary performance was transacting.

From Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) by Stanley, Edward

He strode up to the post where Lorimer was transacting business.

From North of Fifty-Three by Fischer, Anton Otto

In fact, it says, "I know the business your brother Frank was transacting on the 2d of April."

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel