Sentence examples for which I alas from inspiring English sources

I first heard the phrase on James's lips – I would guess he invented it – and it hit print a decade later in a long Fenton-Fuller ballad of which I alas have time to quote only four lines: Oh the thing that people do, The thing that people do; It's long-winded and it's difficult, Like changing trains at Crewe..

Last year, the Novogratz family was already featured in a one-hour, weekly show on Bravo, titled "9 by Design," which I found thoroughly addictive, but alas, the series was short-lived.

The book also provides an analysis of America's obsession with security, from death row in a Nevada or Louisiana prison to the massive complex of Guantánamo, which I had the opportunity to visit and which is, alas, the pure product of the American penitentiary system.

In particular I shall never forget my first — and immediately second — taste of its astonishing lamponi (raspberries), which, alas, I have never been able quite to reproduce.

TOTAL 341.10 euros, including taxis; two 1.20-euro subway rides; the books "Gaudí's Barcelona" and Robert Hughes's definitive "Barcelona"; and a 70-euro pair of super-cool Castañer espadrilles, which, alas, I bought in Italy — not at the company's shop in Barcelona.

The Friday night scheduling means the show comes straight after Gardeners Worldd – which, alas, I gave up on after about three episodes of the current run – and, according to executive producer Tim Scones, is intended to "set you up for your own wildlife weekend by showcasing the very best of the wildlife action happening around you".

It is a breathtaking piece of business which, alas, I could not find on YouTube.

Excepting perhaps Queen with Freddie Mercury (which, alas, I was too young to experience live in America), McCartney, who hadn't appeared at the Bowl since 1993, proved beyond doubt that the form does not get any better than this.