Sentence Examples

1. Inside the stable block it was too dark to see if the straw was still in place, and she reprimanded herself for not having the foresight to collect a light from the hall first.
2. I collect my bag and sunglasses and we go out the back door.
3. Tourists would come in to collect their key and take the opportunity to complain about the concrete skeleton across the road ruining the view from their bedroom window.
4. As Elijah went to the bar to collect their drinks, the Novices stared at Brooke with interest.
5. I had a short spell filling in as hotel receptionist at a resort in the same town, a job I secured by chance when I went to collect my last pay.
6. Acting before any of my earlier misgivings have a chance to sway me, I collect my shoulder bag, sunglasses and keys and leave the house.
7. Furthermore, I needed a moment to collect my thoughts.
8. The cost of sending Dan and Mat to collect the men.
9. That annoying way she has of keeping occupied with trivial things, a habit that has spilled over from her job as school secretary, her mind filled with myriad little requests and tasks, from a sore knee to a teacher searching for a key to a parent wanting to collect her daughter early.
10. With my hand poised on the door handle, the smooth metal cold on my skin, I pause to collect my thoughts.