Pairs

Examples

• Upward of three thousand such machines were then at work throughout the world; and one hundred and fifty million pairs of boots were then being made annually thereon. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Fifty-five Million Pairs of Boots and Shoes then Annually Pegged. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is said that up to 1877 there were 350,000,000 pairs of shoes made on this machine in the United States, and probably an equal or greater number in Europe. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The shoes next go to the packing department, where they are taken off the lasts, inspected, marked, tied together in pairs, sorted and packed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A few pairs of shoes from time to time. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I have two pairs. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I gave him a nickel, and he elbowed his way in; and throwing the money on the counter, the store being filled with women clerks, he said: 'Give me three pairs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Greenough for a sewing machine having a double pointed needle with an eye in the middle, which needle was drawn through the work by pairs of traveling pincers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Gudrun came to Ursula's bedroom with three pairs of the coloured stockings for which she was notorious, and she threw them on the bed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The cotton passed through the two pairs of rollers, and its extension depended entirely on the difference in the velocity of the revolutions of the two pairs. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In the large wainscoted parlor too there were constantly pairs of eyes on the watch, and own relatives eager to be sitters-up. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Presently the other store put up a sign stating they had received three hundred pairs, price three cents per pair, and stated that they had no connection with the store next door. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The crowd was breathless, and the girl took down a box and drew out three pairs of baby socks. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The country people about Cromford came to see Arkwright’s machines, and wonder at them, and sometimes to buy a dozen pairs of stockings that had been made of Arkwright’s yarn. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The mated pairs were prattling away quite happily, and Dobbin knew he was as clean forgotten as if he had never existed in this world. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• One store put up a paper sign in the display window which said: 'Three-hundred pairs of stockings received this day, five cents a pair--no connection with the store next door. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Many subsequent improvements have been made, one type of which employs a succession of rolls which act in pairs on the grain one after the other and reduce it by successive gradations. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A single shoemaker will make more than 300 pairs of shoes in the year; and his own family will not, perhaps, wear out six pairs. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Three of the others had thrown common low pairs, and all the rest mere points. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He had a crust of bread, a coarse shirt, and two pairs of stockings, in his bundle. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I feel so rich and sort of elegant, with two new pairs, and the old ones cleaned up for common. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He used voltaic apparatus consisting of two Grove batteries, each containing sixty-four pairs of cells, but little progress was made in this field until the secondary battery was perfected. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The cylinders are arranged in pairs, the small high pressure cylinder above, and the larger low pressure cylinder below, both piston rods engaging a common cross head. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The latter provide ease and rapidity of action by a principle of balancing locks in pairs, and are covered by his patent No. 457,528, August 11, 1891, and others of subsequent date. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Pairs and parties of ladies and gentlemen are seen walking amongst the waving lilacs and laburnums. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Now the number of machines and pairs of boots and shoes has been quadrupled. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• After climbing two pairs of steep and dirty stairs, he found his anticipations were realised. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• My silk stockings and two pairs of new gloves are my comfort. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• With this machine a single operator has been able to sew nine hundred pairs of shoes in a day of ten hours, and five hundred to six hundred pairs is only an average workman’s output. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It consists of pairs of wire cables supported by bridges placed about 300 feet apart. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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