Example Sentences

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We weren't actually giving her money, we were subbing her until her next pay packet.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2017

“I found out afterward we were subbing so I wasn’t supposed to go to the goal,” Fountain said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2014

You never made a hit in a game in all your life, Chub, and you know you were subbing simply because Roy got on his ear and wouldn't play.

From Rival Pitchers of Oakdale by Scott, Morgan