Russia negotiated yet one more agreement with China, this time to link the Liao-tung concession by rail to the Chinese Eastern Railway at Ha-erh-pin (Harbin), located in the middle of Manchuria.

I think we have to bear in mind that he'd been wrestled with, shot at, been in a wild chase, and now he's being confronted with a person carrying an automatic weapon at port arms.

The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.

His poor diction meant that most of the audience didn't really understand the key points of the presentation.