1. Model Sentence: If one must worship a bully, it is better that he should be a policeman than a gangster.
Imitation: When debating with someone, it would be more beneficial to really listen than to pretend to listen.
2. Model Sentence: The gallows stood in a small yard, separate from the main grounds of the prison and overgrown with tall prickly weeds.
Imitation: The old man sat in the rickety chair, tired from age and aching from painful arthritis.
3. Model Sentence: The real art that dealt with life directly was that of the first men who told their stories round the savage camp-fire.
1. Model Sentence: He went through the narrow alley of Temple Bar quickly, muttering to himself that they could all go to hell because he was going to have a good night of it.
Variation of the Pattern: Because he was going to have a good night of it, muttering to himself that they could all go to hell he went through the narrow alley of Temple Bar quickly.
Alternate Expressions: Quickly walking through the narrow alley of Temple Bar, he told them they could all go to hell because he was going to have a good night of it.
Posted by doutrich on October 1, 2008
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