Example Sentences

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If Férandet has followed my instructions, as I suppose, he will have burnt a paper in your presence.

From French and Oriental Love in a Harem by Avril, Paul

I was to find General Stark with a large body, and indeed General Gates had told to me, General Stark will have burnt the fleet before your arrival.

From Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette by Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de

"It is a fire, to-morrow it will be ashes," the fierce heat of passion will have subsided, the glowing sense of wrong will have burnt itself out, and calm or apathy will take its place.

From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)

You will have burnt a large patch of feed on the outset.

From A First Year in Canterbury Settlement by Butler, Samuel

The torrid sun and the hot breath of summer will have burnt up the fair garment of spring, and laid bare the arid sternness of the South again.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison