Sentence examples for mailed I from inspiring English sources

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Checks mailed, I stopped for gas, and plumb forgot how to release the gas-cap door.

In "A Lightened Life," Updike writes, "Checks mailed, I stopped for gas, and plumb forgot / how to release the gas-cap door" and asks: "What's up?

And yes, if I mailed, I only did so with the premise that it would benefit my readers.

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These I never e-mailed; I had also never printed them out.

"When I wake up to a high S+ rating," he e-mailed, "I know I'm going to feel pretty good that day".

The next day, Mr. Perry e-mailed, "I guess all we can do is wait for certification of what will inevitably be a Bush victory in Florida".

UPDATE: Just after I posted this, Chris Messina e-mailed: I think in general the best way to figure out where there's an opportunity to change language is to look for examples where people are ALREADY modifying language to fit their needs — rather than inventing something new out of the blue.

* UPDATE: On Thursday morning, I heard back from Rabbi Luzer Weiss, the director of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Kosher Law Enforcement, who e-mailed: I was at the store this morning and spoke to the manager.

When I got home, I mailed him the cash.

Behaviour counselling by phone and e-mail (i.e., distance counselling) could be more feasible in the work setting.

Don't e-mail.' I said I have given so much of myself.

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