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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He would wait until evening and the solitude of the rectory , and the peace of his newly dug garden.
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I promise you, the village won't think you're one of them because you aren't in the proper rectory .
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In 1570 he resigned Dewsbury, having been presented to the wealthy Richmondshire rectory of Romaldkirk in 1569.
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Life in a Mayfair rectory suited her very well and she had private means.
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Nor was it for Father Vic, who lived in the rectory maintained by his order in the city center.
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Still, when the news of his passing reached the rectory the previous evening, Jim Maier had felt suddenly alone.
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The thought came to him as he stopped by the rectory to change jackets for the flag-raising program.
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The woods beyond the rectory garden consisted mainly of beech trees, very tall, as though sending their branches up to the light.