In the dim ballroom, there were faces that would stop a clock, each more eerily beautiful than the last.

At the café, the server smiled and asked, 'what would you like' before taking our order.

I never expected the tiny startup to buy that huge corporation, who would have thunk it

She sighed and murmured the proverb, claret would be port if it could, as she looked around her modest flat.

At the masquerade, there were faces that would stop clocks, each one more eccentric than the last.

I found my grandmother's love letters tucked in an old trunk—who would have known?

I would rather die than spend an entire weekend organizing my grandmother's attic.

Would you be so kind as to let me know if the meeting time changes?

When he suggested we'd finish the project in a day, I just said, if pigs had wings they would fly, to show I didn't believe him.

She acted as if butter would not melt in someone's mouth, while plotting the surprise party behind everyone's back.