She was sick and tired of her daughter pestering her to help her with her homework.

[T]here appears a seeming mount, made up of trees rising one higher than another, in proportion as they approach the centre.

Each axle of every 82ft-long car is powered by a 170kW traction motor with flexible cardan shaft drive.

I am, your affectioned freind and servant, Subscribitur, Pet. Wedderburn. (Letter to the burghs anent the plague which has broken out in Holland.)