Yours in sentence

493 examples of Yours in a sentence

"Young man," he shouted, "how could you do a thing like that?!Things were going well with this business of yours, now you've caused it terrible damage.

Oh I'm sure this trial of yours will turn out all right.

So he drew the manufacturer's letter out from his pocket, held it out to the painter and said, "I learned about you from this gentleman, an acquaintance of yours, and it's on his advice that I've come here".

"What business is that of yours?" said K., and Leni said, "Will you be quiet.

"I still remember it exactly," the businessman began again, and K. immediately gave him his full attention, "when my case was as old as yours is now.

"Well we can certainly discuss this plan of yours," said the lawyer after a pause.

"What's yours?"

Don't you come fooling about, making me mad, chivying away all my better feelings with this silly tombstone nonsense of yours.

When you yourself are buried, I will come and see yours.

replied the man; "well, you take my advice and go there quietly, and take that watch of yours with you; and don't let's have any more of it."

When we got down to the landing-stage, the boatman said:"Let me see, sir; was yours a steam-launch or a house-boat?"

"It's jolly funny," he says, as for the twentieth time within five minutes he disentangles his sculls from yours; "I can get on all right when I'm by myself!"

"I tell you what it is: you've got my sculls," he cries, turning to bow; "pass yours over."

"Nay, Frances," returned her sister, "Colonel Wellmere was never a favorite of yours; he is too loyal to his king to be agreeable to your taste."

After considering the arrangement of Caesar, for a moment, with ineffable disdain, the dragoon said, with great coolness,-"You seem very careful of that beautiful person of yours, Mr. Blueskin."

"Like the ancient Judas, you would grow rich with the price of blood!""Aye, and a fair price it is, my gentleman; fifty guineas; nearly the weight of that carcass of yours in gold."

"Why, I do not believe Dunwoodie would sell his command as Arnold wished to do; neither do I think him exactly trustworthy in a delicate business like this of yours."

"These are not scenes for a form like yours," added the trooper.

Yours sincerely, "PEYTON DUNWOODIE."

But harkee, Mr. Revelation, if the youth must die secundum arlem, let it be under a gentleman's directions, and my advice is, that you never trust that skeleton of yours among us again, or I will take the skin off and leave you naked."

"Yes, on yours.

Here is my hand; if, with this knowledge of the consequences of delay, you will not reject it, it is freely yours."

"It must be dreadful to a mind like yours to descend into the grave, branded as a foe to liberty; but you already know the lives that would be sacrificed, should your real character be revealed.

"Yours," "BONAVENTURE DE LISSAC" "(Colonel des Voltigeurs de la Garde, et aide-de-camp de S.M.I.

You may see plainly how the family stand in this case, and they would be stark mad if it was my case, as it is my brother's; and for aught I see, it would be my ruin and yours too.''Ay!' says I, still speaking angrily; 'are all your protestations and vows to be shaken by the dislike of the family?

'Why,' says he, 'I wish you would satisfy me that an honest woman would take me; I'd venture it'; and then turns short upon me, 'Will you take me, madam?''That's not a fair question,' says I, 'after what you have said; however, lest you should think I wait only for a recantation of it, I shall answer you plainly, No, not I; my business is of another kind with you, and I did not expect you would have turned my serious application to you, in my own distracted case, into a comedy.''Why, madam,' says he, 'my case is as distracted as yours can be, and I stand in as much need of advice as you do, for I think if I have not relief somewhere, I shall be made myself, and I know not what course to take, I protest to you.''Why, sir,' says I, ''tis easy to give advice in your case, much easier than it is in mine.''Speak then,' says he, 'I beg of you, for now you encourage me.''Why,' says I, 'if your case is so plain as you say it is, you may be legally divorced, and then you may find honest women enough to ask the question of fairly; the sex is not so scarce that you can want a wife.''Well, then,' said he, 'I am in earnest; I'll take your advice; but shall I ask you one question seriously beforehand?''Any question,' said I, 'but that you did before.'

The disappointment, sir,' says he to my gentleman, 'was yours, and the good turn is mine, for if you had met at Stony-Stratford I had not had the honour to marry you.

When you see me fettered, and in Newgate, and two of my companions executed already, can you can your condition is worse than mine?''Come, my dear,' says I, 'we have a long piece of work to do, if I should be to relate, or you to hear, my unfortunate history; but if you are disposed to hear it, you will soon conclude with me that my condition is worse than yours.''How is that possible,' says he again, 'when I expect to be cast for my life the very next sessions?'

'Yes, says I, ''tis very possible, when I shall tell you that I have been cast for my life three sessions ago, and am under sentence of death; is not my case worse than yours?'Then indeed, he stood silent again, like one struck dumb, and after a while he starts up.

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