Example sentences

1. 飛行機は離陸せんばかりであった。

   The airplane was just going to take off.

2. 飛行機はまさに離陸せんとしていた。

   The plane was on the point of taking off.

3. 他人を支配せんと思う者は先ず己を支配せよ。

   He that would govern others, first should be master of himself.

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