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  • And I told her that as much as me and her have in common, and as good as our physical connection was-I couldn't keep the possibility in her head that I would be with her.

    crownroyal Diary Entry crownroyal 2009

  • WIERZYNSKI: Oh, you know, it was-I was so actually fed up with practicing journalism for 20 years in such awful circumstances that I felt sort of relief driving a cab.

    CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2009 2009

  • And btw- I think I got lost in the same neighborhood as that big burly guy Mark Steyn where he wrote about how petrified he was-I wasn't scared at all.

    "Is that what that is, the presidential race?" Ann Althouse 2008

  • I didn't realise at the time how prolific Roy Porter was-I only found that out when I read his obituary.

    Exam Time: Verbal Reasoning Ms Robinson 2008

  • "A testicle, it was-I trust you will pardon my mentioning it, " he added belatedly.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

  • If I was going to live-and I was-I needed to gather up the strands of life that tethered me to the earth, and reattach them.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

  • I wondered vaguely where Mr. Wemyss was-I hadn't seen him, and the house felt empty-but didn't really care.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

  • "It was-I mean, it wasna" He stopped, and made that odd shrugging motion of his, as though his shirt were tight across his shoulders.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

  • Still convinced that I was dreaming-or hoping that I was-I put a hand on the boy curled against me.

    The Fiery Cross Gabaldon, Diana 2001

  • Far too much, but it really was a beautiful necklace, and I was-I wanted very much to please Willow.

    The Burning City Niven, Larry 2000

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