Examples:
- On Poirot’s side was a cup of thick, rich chocolate. (Agatha Christie, The chocolate box)
- «You are Monseier Hercule Poirot?» she asked in a low sweet voice. (Agatha Christie, The chocolate box)
- It was my duty, but my flesh was weak. (Agatha Christie, The chocolate box)
- The fog came pouring in at every chink and keyhole, and wasso danse without, that although the court was of the narrowest, the houses opposite were mere phantoms. (Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol)
Examples:
- It was at the time of the terrible struggle in France between church and state.(Agatha Christie, The chocolate box)
- «The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?» said Scrooge. (Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol)
Examples:
- The sound resounded through the house like thunder. (Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol)
- The chain he drew was clasped about his middle. It was long, and wound about him like a tail. (Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol)
- Old Marley was dead as a door-nail. (Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol)
Examples:
- The fog and frost so hung about the lack old gateway of the house, that it seemed as if the Genius of the Weather sat in mournful mediation on the threshold. (Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol)
- Upon its coming in, the dying flame leaped up, as though it cried «I know him». (Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol)
- «On the wings of the wind», replied the Ghost. (Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol)