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Example sentences for "private papers"

  • On the top I wrote as I had written on the real parcel, my name and these words: "Private papers.

  • Not the genuine bundle, of course, but the dummy, on which I had written: "Private papers.

  • Some one has been rummaging amongst my private papers.

  • He naturally thought that if the police discovered some of Sir Horace's private papers in his possession they would conclude that he had had something to do with the murder.

  • I saw as soon as I went in that the desk was open--he had been examining Sir Horace's private papers.

  • I know he kept a lot of private papers in this room, and I wanted to make sure they were safe--I didn't like them being in this empty house, sir.

  • Not here; it is among my private papers at home.

  • Very well, sir, then you might examine his papers--private papers and so on.

  • During the next two hours they carefully examined all the dead man's private papers.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    first great; highly variable; original nature; political issue; private affairs; private bill; private citizens; private conversation; private estate; private hands; private initiative; private interest; private interview; private land; private ownership; private property; private residence; private rights; private room; private secretary; private sector; private tutor; privately printed; take upon; third reading; thirteen stripes