1 When she encountered an item about small-town women's clubs or a photograph of a straggling Main Street, she was homesick for it, she felt robbed of her work.
2 The final item was a man who neither lectured, inspired, nor entertained; a plain little man with his hands in his pockets.
3 There is another little item about Gamming which must not be forgotten here.
4 Now set aside the modern system of pneumatic house-cleaning, and the economies of co-operative cooking; and consider one single item, the washing of dishes.
5 My servants were my father's, and, what is more, my mother's; and now they are mine, they and their increase, which bids fair to be a pretty considerable item.
6 In this matter dates are everything, and I think that if we get all our material ready, and have every item put in chronological order, we shall have done much.
7 Mr. Bell, the first item, stood ready with his music but the accompanist made no sign.
8 But Kathleen gathered in her skirt and said: "Now, Mr. Bell," to the first item, who was shaking like an aspen.
9 The first part of the concert was very successful except for Madam Glynn's item.
10 He could trace its shadow in the gloom, supply the smallest item of the outline, and note how stiff and solemn it seemed to stalk along.
11 Holmes grinned at the last item.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS 12 Another item had been added to that constant and apparently purposeless series of small mysteries which had succeeded each other so rapidly.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads 13 He was reluctant to close the book, reading each item aloud and then looking eagerly at me.
14 In short, every possible item of evidence was exhumed, and the whole of his previous history investigated.
15 To be strong-minded is an important item.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSI...