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  • Since I had no intention of ever setting foot in that awful wilderness again, I didn't pay much mind-but of course he was right, as usual.

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

  • “Paula is unpredictable and not afraid to speak her mind-but she also leads from the heart and really connects with people,” a source close to Paula has revealed.

    Paula Abdul Talk Show Coming Soon: “I Would Be Really Good At It” 2009

  • Her father, the late Obed Ramotswe, had not been like that at all-he had always had an open mind-but she remembered some of his friends being very difficult to persuade.

    Blue Shoes And Happiness Smith, Alexander McCall 2006

  • But now I had not only certainty of mind-but peace of heart.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

  • You're no Barrymore, mind-but if you can handle a sword at all, you're head and shoulders above anyone else we might use for the part.

    The Wizard Of Karres Lackey, Mercedes 2004

  • It was no longer a difficult proposition to hold all those components of his magic in his mind-but it was rather like being a skillful juggler.

    Beyond World's End Lackey, Mercedes 2001

  • I'm no stranger to mind-altering substances, Potney-keep that under your hat if you don't mind-but the stuff your man dispenses takes the cake, the pie, the strudel, the whole damn pâtisserie.

    Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

  • It was no longer a difficult proposition to hold all those components of his magic in his mind-but it was rather like being a skillful juggler.

    Beyond World's End Lackey, Mercedes 2000

  • I'm no stranger to mind-altering substances, Potney-keep that under your hat if you don't mind-but the stuff your man dispenses takes the cake, the pie, the strudel, the whole damn pâtisserie.

    Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

  • Computers, they all agreed, must have been designed with espionage in mind-but they worked both ways.

    The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

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