Building

Examples

• The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• We entered the playground enclosure, and walked by the schoolroom window to get round to the door, which was situated at the back of the building. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Every king and princelet in Europe was building his own Versailles as much beyond his means as his subjects and credits would permit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Look at those big, isolated clumps of building rising up above the slates, like brick islands in a lead-colored sea. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• She was built by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, of Philadelphia, was launched Oct. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• But after the building of the temple and the organization of the priesthood, the prophetic type remains over and outside the formal religious scheme. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Barren timber for building is of great value in a populous and well-cultivated country, and the land which produces it affords a considerable rent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• First of all tack tarred building paper to the studding, running the strips up and down and having them catch on every third studding. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Some distance off, across a paddock, lay a long gray-tiled out-building. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The main body of the building is of the time of that highly-overrated woman, Queen Elizabeth. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In the transportation building of the World’s Fair at Chicago in 1893 one of the most conspicuous objects of attention was the model of the great Bethlehem Iron Co. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• An echo is caused by the reflection of sound waves at some moderately even surface, such as the wall of a building. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I tried to reach the porch of a great building near, but the mass of frontage and the giant spire turned black and vanished from my eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• By the above singular manner of building, strength is continually given to the comb, with the utmost ultimate economy of wax. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The army was not accompanied by a pontoon train, and at that time the troops were not instructed in bridge building. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The wanderings led to the old ore-milling plant at Edison, now practically a mass of deserted buildings all going to decay. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Over 2,000 buildings were constructed besides the remodeling of 1,500 buildings turned over by the French company. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• You throw a torch into a pile of buildings, and when they are consumed you sit among the ruins, and lament the fall. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• So I picked out the worst dilapidated street there was, and found I could only get two buildings, each 25 feet front, one 100 feet deep and the other 85 feet deep. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Ursula saw a man with a lantern come out of a farm by the railway, and cross to the dark farm-buildings. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It was very difficult to get the land he wanted for his central station, but he finally bought two old buildings on Pearl Street for $150,000. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• How do Big Buildings Get their Granite? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The outsides of the buildings somewhat resembled the cement houses which have been put up in later days, a coat of clay being spread on the outside walls and carefully smoothed off. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The bedrooms in this wing are on the ground floor, the sitting-rooms being in the central block of the buildings. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The boiler house, which furnishes the steam for heating the entire plant, is located in the rear of these buildings. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is enclosed by a wall of two feet high, and twenty feet distance from the buildings. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Among the five or six buildings supplied with the new lighting were the _Herald_ offices and the Drexel Building, at the time one of New York City’s show places. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The arc light is adapted for streets and great buildings, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The last of these original buildings, No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In the latter case, pipes closely wrapped with a non-conducting material carry steam long distances underground to heat remote buildings. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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