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He said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father to get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.

At the time, King John of England was in the habit of making a road out of nearly every path he walked regularly.

Mrs. Macphail was shy, but she was in the habit of doing what her husband bade her.

The parents discredited the child's story, since he was in the habit of telling falsehoods.

The child was in the habit of going on many expeditions to observe strange things in the vicinity.

Sobel, although uneducated, spent his spare time reading, and was in the habit of lending his books to Miriam.

Grandet, who slept little, was in the habit of spending half the night considering and reflecting.

Gian Michele Calvi, an earthquake expert at the University of Pavia, said Italy was in the habit of forgetting lessons.

Edward was in the habit of reciting poems in the room overlooking the sea .

And Freud tell us: "At that time she was in the habit of using her own name to express the idea of taking possession of something. "

Famous traditional Chinese medicine doctor professor Gan Zuwang only 100 years old, he was in the habit of taking a nap.