like an old friend

buffy season three episode one

He was cut short by the eager attacks of the little boys, clinging to him like an old friend, and declaring he should not go; and being too much engrossed by proposals of carrying them away in his coat pockets….

(Persuasion, Chapter 6 / Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 3, Episode 1)

before the gentlemen came

buffy season three episode one

Anxious and uneasy, the period which passed in the drawing-room, before the gentlemen came, was wearisome and dull to a degree that almost made her uncivil.

(Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 54 / Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 3, Episode 1)

all she could do

angel season one episode twenty

It was a gloomy prospect, and all she could do was to throw a mist over it, and hope when the mist cleared away she should see something else.

(Mansfield Park, Chapter 11 / Angel, Season 1, Episode 20)

too shy

buffy season two episode three

He was either less disposed for it than Charles had imagined, or he was too shy….

(Persuasion, Chapter 14 / Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2, Episode 3)