For instance, he neither held nor would accept any public office.

At first, people wondered how he contrived to eke out a living, but this puzzle was solved by his admitted possession of a small annuity.
Dr.Foxton, general practitioner, who held undisputed sway in the district, told how he had conducted an autopsy on the body of the deceased.

He found a deep, incised wound on the back of the skull, a wound which would have caused death in any event.

The instrument used must have been a heavy and blunt one.

Miss Melhuish was dead or dying when thrown into the river.