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8. Sentence pair 8
a. The children were warned repeatedly not to go near the
old mine .
b. After his divorce, Earl went down to the honky-tonk,
ordered a root beer, and stood by the jukebox playing
his favorite country song, “She Got the Gold Mine, I Got
the .”
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9. Sentence pair 9
a. Unexpectedly in early April, a snowstorm
blanketed the area.
b. “All of a sudden Amy started yelling and throwing
things,” said Jonathan. “I knew she was angry, but I
never expected her to .”
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10. Sentence pair 10
a. “I’m trying to watch this program,” Elena told her little
brother. “Don’t me.”
