David was meanwhile standing by the locker, his fingers at work as if he were playing a tune, his lips counting away, "Ninety-two, ninety- three, ninety-four--that's me; ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven- -that's Jack," and so on; till having plodded up diligently, he turned round with a little scream, "One hundred and twenty! That's the pig!"英文原著 · 《The Stokesley Secret》
Ninety is she, poor old soul? what a bonny face to catch under a mistletoe! "Yes, ninety, sir," she says, "and my mother was a hundred, and my grandmother was a hundred and two." Herself ninety, her mother a hundred, her grandmother a hundred and two? What a queer calculation! Ninety! Very good, granny: you were born, then, in 1772. Your mother, we will say, was twenty-seven when you were born, and was born therefore in 1745. Your grandmother was thirty when her daughter was born, and was born therefore in 17l5.英文原著 · 《Roundabout Papers》
"Nine did," he replied. "Yes; nine did. But three didn't. Three thought--" Mr. Beecher stopped and did not finish the sentence. "But nine did," he repeated. "Nine to three it stood. That was the decision, and then the judge discharged the jury," he said.英文原著 · 《The Americanization of Edward Bok》
Nineteen won. Racksole received four thousand four hundred francs. Nine times in succession Racksole backed number nineteen and the odd numbers; nine times the lady backed double zero. Nine times Racksole won and the lady lost. The other players, perceiving that the affair had resolved itself into a duel, stood back for the most part and watched those two. Prince Aribert never stirred from his position behind the great red hat. The game continued. Racksole lost trifles from time to time, but ninety-nine hundredths of the luck was with him.英文原著 · 《The Grand Babylon Hotel》
"It is all right, dear," he cried. "It is all right. Everything has come back to me now. You have given me the clue. Nineninetynine Priscilla is my father's address--Nineninetynine Priscilla Avenue.英文原著 · 《The Monster Men》