1 Time went on in Coketown like its own machinery: so much material wrought up, so much fuel consumed, so many powers worn out, so much money made.
2 For, although an ingenious Allegory relating to a butcher, a three-legged stool, a dog, and a leg of mutton, this narrative consumed time; and they were in great suspense.
3 At length, with a terrific crash, the whole turret gave way, and she perished in the flames which had consumed her tyrant.
4 It is unknown how much was consumed in our kitchen by odd comers and goers.
5 Mrs. Norris could not speak with any temper of such grievances, nor of the quantity of butter and eggs that were regularly consumed in the house.
6 They were always very careful, I observed, to turn my face away from the window, so that I became consumed with the desire to see what was going on behind my back.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES 7 My body has remained in this armchair and has, I regret to observe, consumed in my absence two large pots of coffee and an incredible amount of tobacco.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 3. The Problem 8 The engines were soon upon the spot, but the dry wood burned with great fury, and it was impossible to arrest the conflagration until the stack had been entirely consumed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 9 Our visitor had consumed his milk and biscuits.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL 10 It was not until we had consumed some hot tea at the station and taken our places in the Kentish train that we were sufficiently thawed, he to speak and I to listen.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE 11 Ethan, consumed with the longing for a last moment alone with Mattie, hung about impatiently while Denis made an ineffectual search in the obscurer corners of the store.
12 , consumed by every Low Dutch harpooneer in that ancient Greenland and Spitzbergen whale fishery.
13 In the first place, the amount of butter, and Texel and Leyden cheese consumed, seems amazing.
14 The whole prairie was like the bush that burned with fire and was not consumed.
15 Besides, she was consumed with curiosity to see the little house and the manner in which it was conducted.