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Example sentences for "shake hands"

  • His own greeting made, he would call out heartily: "Shake hands with my friend Colonel Ruggles!

  • Colonel Ruggles, shake hands with my friend Jeff Tuttle from the State of Washington.

  • You ought to know that honourable enemies do not scruple to shake hands even on the eve of battle.

  • Shake hands on main-deck, Shake hands on bow; Shake hands amidships, Kiss down below.

  • I should like to linger with them here; to shake hands here in farewell, and leave them as the boys I knew.

  • At this the little thing was so pleased, that she smiled through her blushes beautifully, and must needs come to shake hands with me; though I signed to her not to do it, because of my horse's temper.

  • Shake hands my lad, and forgive me freely for having been so cold to thee.

  • Shake hands, my son, and smother up that little trouble between us in silence.

  • And then we'll shake hands, and talk about Sally.

  • Very well, then; shake hands, to show you're satisfied.

  • Presumably "the result" that the Englishman who takes the liberty to offer to shake hands with a Boer can expect, is to be beaten or murdered.

  • Then the Chiefs come round to shake hands, and they was so hairy and white and fair it was just shaking hands with old friends.

  • Carnehan,' says he, 'shake hands with me and go along with Billy.

  • It's the last time we'll shake hands with an Englishman these many days.

  • Shake hands, Burnet; you'll never find a bit of pride in me.

  • Well, shake hands," cried Roberts; and he shook hands all round.

  • Then the Chiefs come round to shake hands, and they were so hairy and white and fair it was just shaking hands with old friends.

  • His advice would have been to shake hands.

  • How can I shake hands in friendship with the man who killed mine?

  • He happened to be dismounting, so he did not offer to shake hands.

  • He nodded genially to Roy without offering to shake hands.

  • If you say so, I'll shake hands on that and we'll all face to the future.

  • I should have liked to shake hands first.

  • He nodded shortly at me, but did not offer to shake hands.

  • He was just inside the long sale-room, and he came out to us directly to shake hands gleefully.

  • It was as if this were a signal to disarm, when the two muskets were hurriedly replaced, and Punch advanced towards the corner of the room, offering to shake hands.

  • Now then, shake hands, and, there's a good fellow, go.

  • One of them, who, it seemed, was an expert in dog lore, told him how to teach the collie to shake hands and to lie down and to "speak.

  • He taught Chum to shake hands, to lie down, to "speak" and one or two more simple accomplishments.

  • The mayor compelled the belligerents to shake hands, a document was signed declaring the vendetta at an end, and everybody went to mass.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    bring home; capital letters; four pairs; frequent visitor; frequently repeated; modern criticism; much meat; neutral waters; planetary motion; poorly developed; prithee tell; quite similar; seemed about; shake hands; ships engaged; sudden impulse; sure they; three girls; three parts; volatile liquid; whither they; yonder town