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  • The Divisional Superintendent, called away unexpectedly to a meeting with his Chief Constable, had left apologies and instruc - tions for the entertainment of the visitor.

    She Closed Her Eyes 2010

  • You need not fear any physical harm for him providing you live up carefully to the following instruc-tions ....

    'For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb 2008

  • Carry out decisions and instruc-tions of the NEC, PEC, REC, the Regional Conference and the Regional General Council.

    PREAMBLE 2007

  • Complete instruc - tions are given for locating the mushrooms, developing stock cultures for inoculation, cultivating, harvesting, and drying the mycelium, extracting the active alkaloids, and using the existing cultures to seed new cultures to keep an ongoing psilocybin farm yielding a regular crop of the hallucinogenic mycelium.

    Quartermasters of Terror Keefe, Patrick Radden 2005

  • Certainly the King had believed it was more than coincidence or he would not have spent the last moments of his life dictating instruc - tions for carrying out the expedition to his scribe.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • One of our jovial instruc? tors, a good-natured, wise-ass LT (jg) from New England; £ named Aliotti, gave us extra swims on Saturdays to keep us away from the bad influences of demon rum and, wanton women.

    Rogue Warrior Marcinko, Richard 1992

  • As instruc tions flow from one level to another, and the inevitable distortions in communication accumulate, what happens?

    Achille's Choice Niven, Larry 1991

  • Perhaps he is even given instruc-tion, much as children playing by a creek will offer ants leaves and twigs so they can make a tiny bridge with which to cross a rivulet.

    Cyber Way Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990

  • Now the odor of her need smote him, and he found he required no instruc - tion to do what was necessary.

    Robot Adept Anthony, Piers 1988

  • 'From the moment he came home on October the second and I told him his wife had been shot he believed Perry had done it and done it on his instruc - tions.

    The Speaker Of Mandarin Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1983

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