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And if ye find a silkie's skin and hide it, he-or she - "he added, fairly," canna go into the sea again, but must stay with ye on the land.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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If he-or rather, his body-had broken into a sweat of nervous fear, Falconsbane would certainly have noticed something was going on!
Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010
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And when dinner arrived, she knew that the cook was not only British, he-or she-was from India, for the main course was a powerful curried beef dish.
red dust Ryn Cricket 2010
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And there was plenty of work to do: helping to put up the poles that would hold the various awnings and canopies, climbing trees to hang lanterns (knowing he-or someone-would have to climb them again later to light the lanterns), fetching and carrying kegs and bundles, all the while sniffing glorious smells and stealing tastes of delicacies that would be unveiled later.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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"Unless he-or someone using him-wanted to be rid of that specific little girl."
The Wizard Of London Lackey, Mercedes 2005
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It was like being suddenly handed a greased pig, and I fumbled madly, trying to get the little creature turned upright and see whether he-or she-was breathing.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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The water was black and calm on the early-summer night, with a silverlike sheen he suspected only he-or another mage-could have seen.
Ordermaster Modesitt, L. E. 2005
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But before he-or either of the other two-could react, a column of light flung itself upwards from the open book, reaching floor-to-ceiling - a golden-yellow light, like sun on ripening corn.
The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002
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If someone who's not supposed to be there comes into that hallway, he-or they-have got about half a second to get their shots in before the bodyguards draw their own weapons and ask what they want.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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Roland found himself al-ready beginning to wonder if he-or it had been there in the first place.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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