Example Sentences

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“Before you have drunk that lake dry you will have burst yourself,” said Niezguinek, and rode after his brothers.

From Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen by Harding, Emily J.

But within a quarter of an hour perhaps the storm will have burst.

From Atlantida by Benôit, Pierre

"Because if you win the first the Columbiad will have burst, and the bullet with it, and Barbicane will not be there to pay you your dollars."

From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules

"Because, if you gain the first, the Columbiad will have burst, and the projectile with it; and Barbicane will no longer be there to reimburse your dollars."

From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Verne, Jules

It may be twelve months, it may be two years, it may even be three, but before that time has passed the clouds will have gathered, the storm will have burst.

From The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)