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Example sentences for "this affair"

  • You have not reflected," said he slowly, "that in this affair is involved more than mine or Richard's life.

  • Had you known any real care, any true concern for me, you had not given cause for this affair," he chid her peevishly.

  • He had acted as Ruth had bidden him; but he had no wish to be further involved in this affair, whatever it might portend.

  • Trenchard's presence gave him pause; for he had been far, indeed, from dreaming that his friend had a hand in this affair.

  • I don't believe there are any accomplices in this affair.

  • There are no two ways of reasoning in this affair.

  • He then said aloud: "Come, monsieur, let us hush up this affair.

  • Bragelonne with your wrath, for although in the whole of this affair he may have shown himself deficient in prudence, he has not been so in his feelings of loyalty.

  • Besides, I wish to have the whole of this affair explained; I wish to know how it is that I have been so insolently trifled with, as to have the sanctuary of my affections pried into.

  • It generally happens that some bright idea or other occurs to me as I am going along; but I am very much mistaken if I shall not, now, have to go a long way in order to find the solution of this affair.

  • Madame," said he, "you are back at your contemplation of the worst side of this affair; you are persisting in considering only how we may be thwarted.

  • You have behaved very--very bravely in this affair.

  • I have stood by you like a true friend in this affair; is it not so?

  • Still," he continued, "you will be so good as to remember that I am not my own master in this affair.

  • After all, in this affair, the faults are about equal on both sides.

  • I only wished to say that I was not wrong in this affair.

  • This affair of the Thabor Bridge, at Vienna.

  • Alberoni in this affair trusted a man who had formerly been in his service, but who is now a spy of my son's.

  • Then the captain of the Chateau, thinking there was something hidden beneath this affair, went to the fountain some days afterwards, and, seeing the phantom, he threatened it with a sound drubbing if it did not declare what it was.

  • But Madame d'Orleans has not conducted herself well in this affair; she has spread by means of her creatures many calumnies against my son, and has even said that he wanted to poison her.

  • It appears, therefore, that the wicked Gourdon took no part in this affair; but she certainly accused Madame to Monsieur, and calumniated and disparaged her to everybody.

  • Fouquet cannot be acting alone in this affair.

  • We have already spoken too much about this affair.

  • Athos, cursed be the chance which has brought you face to face with me in this affair!

  • You will not allow so mere a trifle to stop me, and you will not do me the injustice to suppose that I think you have no interest in this affair.

  • This affair led me to play more than I was used to do.

  • But there are those who are Bruitish enough not to know what they can do or omit in this Affair.

  • Here we are at the camp; therefore, gentlemen, not a word more of this affair.

  • Treville, "we fancy that we have each cause to complain of the other, and I am come to endeavor to clear up this affair.

  • Ah, monsieur," interrupted Aramis, "permit me to observe to you that you have not acted in this affair as a gallant man ought.

  • This affair decides me to make a lawyer of Christophe; the practice of law will teach him to weigh his words and his acts.

  • Neither your son nor the prince will die; I have drawn their horoscope,--they will live; but I do not know in what way they will get out of this affair.

  • Do not be angry with your sister; she has behaved well in this affair.

  • This affair occurred on the 19th of May, and our line was then within about two miles of the northern intrenchments of Corinth.

  • This affair of Spears ruined him, because his insanity was manifestly feigned.

  • Justice must not be kept in ignorance of your intention of following up this affair.

  • I have reasons for not appearing in this affair.

  • You are mistaken, monsieur," said Prosper: "no woman is mixed up in this affair.

  • Monsieur," said Prosper when the porter had left the room, "do you still think you see a woman's hand in this affair?

  • Patron," he ventured to say, "you seem to take a great interest in this affair, you have so deeply studied it.

  • In this affair he is simply the dupe of that disguised republican du Bousquier--" "Good gracious!

  • This affair, however, envenomed the hatred which du Bousquier already bore to the house of Esgrignon to such a degree that it made him pitiless when the day of vengeance came.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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