The wrapping paper bore the name of a country merchant. The robbers had purchased material for their masks at this country store[…]

The ladder that slipped left a skidmark across the tile floor.

In the case of a cliffed marsh edge, wave heights increase at the edge but are dissipated rapidly in the first 10-20m landward of the cliff.

The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect.