Eve girmeden önce, hırsız telefon hatlarını kesmiş.
- The thief cut the telephone lines before breaking into the house.
Onu aradım, ancak hat meşguldü.
- I called her, but the line was busy.
Tom kağıda düz bir çizgi çizdi.
- Tom drew a straight line on the paper.
Zamana bağlı bir toplumda zaman lineer olarak görülür-yani geçmişten şimdiki zamana ve geleceğe doğru uzanan düz bir çizgi olarak.
- In a time-bound society time is seen as linear- in other words as a straight line extending from the past, through the present, to the future.
Tom kuyruktaki son kişi.
- Tom is the last person in line.
Tom üç saat kuyrukta beklemek zorunda kaldı.
- Tom had to wait in line for three hours.
Knee-high garden lamps lined the path; Jim was careful to stay in their pools. Assuming he was being watched, the last thing he wanted to do was give them any reason to chase after him in the dark.