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Examples
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What have you got here-a horny repairman and a recipe.
The Zero Walter, Jess 2006
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For just as there is an enthralling call to order here-a mystical longing for beauty and unity-what makes this the novel of its time, and of a New York ready to change its name to 9/11, is the wild and hilarious sense that all number games are like gambling: You're a champ one minute and a chump the next.
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"There's still a lot of urbanites here-a lot of writers, professionals," he continued.
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She had suggested he go to the casino while he was here-a business he had told her his family was involved in-and he had very firmly refused to even consider it.
The Secret Virgin Mortimer, Carole 2002
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But I think everyone believes that the future here-a stable Afghanistan, one that has a government that can be representative of the very broad patchwork that is Afghan society -- will have to have a Kabul in which all are invested, not just the Northern Alliance.
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Granted, she had a life here-a good life-but he felt sure that she could have that in Wilmington.
Message in a Bottle Sparks, Nicholas 1998
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A turn here-a flight of steps there-and suddenly she was out of the forbidding Gallic fortress and into the civilized Roman villa, all pretty paint and plaster.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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Kept applying even after she enrolled here-a lost cause, really, because her non-math grades weren't very good and her M-CAT scores were significantly below average.
Devil's Waltz Kellerman, Jonathan 1992
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Such life as they met was timid, eluding them where possible; but few creatures lived here-a rogue goat, a crazed hermit, a pathetic band of submen who fled when Wantage clapped his hands.
Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959
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"Grab one of these clubs here-a little one, even you can't swing a big one-and get to work!"
Gray Lensman Smith, E. E. 1950
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