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If Grant would see me I would tell him so-that all I want is to do my duty in the field!
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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I know now, of course, why it was so-that William Bent was crazy, and had abandoned his wonderful fortress to fate and the death-watch beetle, or whatever bugs they have out there-but at the time it was a mystery beyond belief.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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"He indicated-very happily so-that he had met an airman on the Belleau Wood whom he believed was gay and with whom he planned to go to the movies two days later, which was when he was murdered," says Woodward.
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He did not like Antimodes, because the master suspected-and rightly so-that Antimodes had been opposed to Theobald's appointment as schoolmaster and had voted against him in the conclave.
The Soulforge Weis, Margaret 1998
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At all Costs, he must stay on good terms with these people, but he must also make it clear-though with such subtlety that they themselves would not be aware he was doing so-that he was the real ruler here, that he permitted them their autonomy.
Storm Rising Lackey, Mercedes 1995
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At all Costs, he must stay on good terms with these people, but he must also make it clear-though with such subtlety that they themselves would not be aware he was doing so-that he was the real ruler here, that he permitted them their autonomy.
Storm Rising Lackey, Mercedes 1995
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"Not exactly my idea of a beautiful tree," Tas muttered, walking toward it, noticing-as he did so-that the ground had developed a curious habit of trying to slide out from under his feet.
War of the Twins Weis, Margaret 1986
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"Not exactly my idea of a beautiful tree," Tas muttered, walking toward it, noticing-as he did so-that the ground had developed a curious habit of trying to slide out from under his feet.
War of the Twins Weis, Margaret 1986
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T need your skills and your - arts - to protect me so-that I may finish what I have started.
The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983
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I know now, of course, why it was so-that William Bent was crazy, and had abandoned his wonderful fortress to fate and the death-watch beetle, or whatever bugs they have out there-but at the time it was a mystery beyond belief.
Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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