Example Sentences

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For then at least he will have smelt the rose, not only have looked on and longed to smell it.

From The Ancient Allan by Haggard, Henry Rider

You'll find by then the market in a panic, for my pals will have smelt a big rat, and they'll no longer show fight.

From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose