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I and think
When they were finally satisfied, Jones said, `` I think he's going to give us work ''.
I have to think about it.
I remember being told it would happen so fast people would think it took place overnight.
`` I think Montero did right '', Amy said firmly.
I don't know what makes you think you can get away with this kind of business, and I don't care about that, either.
`` I think you stink, Tom Lord!!
I think you're mean and hateful and stupid, and -- louder ''??
You think that Highlands swindled you and I helped 'em do it.
But there's one thing I never seen or heard of, one thing I just don't think there is, and that's a sportin' way o' killin' a man ''!!
`` But I still think Penny's an awful nice girl, Russ '' --
`` No, I remembered reading about you in the papers and that you lived here, and when it happened all I could think of was '' -- This time she stopped the rush of words herself.
I showed her the shower and tub, and she said, smiling, `` If you really don't mind, I think I'll get clean in the shower, then soak for a few minutes in your tub.
However, when there's a job to be done, I'm a monstrosity of grim determination, I like to think.
I worked for my Uncle ( an Uncle by marriage so you will not think this has a mild undercurrent of incest ) who ran one of those antique shops in New Orleans' Vieux Carre, the old French Quarter.
If I even hint at it do you think it will matter that you are his nephew -- and not even a blood nephew ''??
`` I don't want to be thrown out and I don't think I will.
I think I have a way so we can carry on without his suspecting us ''.
and now I think we can use the knowledge they passed on to us.

I and her
I just can't take any chances on getting her pregnant, and if we were sleeping together ''
`` I saw your fire '', she said, speaking slowly, making an effort to control her anger.
`` I won't force Beth to come against her will.
`` Got a lot to tend to, but I'll get back quick as I can '', he assured her.
`` I've got her as neat as I can '', Donovan said, as he dropped the straps of the Seton harness over Greg's shoulders.
I let up on the accelerator, only to gradually reach again the 60 m.p.h. which would, I hoped, overhaul Herry and the blonde, and as there were cars whose drivers apparently had something more important to catch than had I, Mrs. Major Roebuck settled down to practicing on Corporal Johnson the kittenish wiles she would need when making her duty call on Colonel and Mrs. Somebody in Sante Fe.
How lightly her `` eventshah-leh '' passed into the crannies where I was storing dialect material for some vaguely dreamed opus, and how the word would echo.
I guided her to the divan, turned off the TV, faced her.
She was still hugging the stained coat around her, so I said, `` Relax, let me take your things.
She stood up, pulled the coat from her shoulders and started to slide it off, then let out a high-pitched scream and I let out a low-pitched, wobbling sound like a muffler blowing out.
There had been a good second or two during which my muffler had been blowing out, and now I was certain I'd seen her somewhere before.
I sat by her on the divan.
She realized I'd have to notify the police, but fervently hoped I could avoid mentioning her name.
But I promised Joyce I would mention her name, if at all, only as a last resort.
One Monday morning I saw him approach the store with a woman and introduce me to her as my new Aunt.
You must forgive me if I seem to dwell too much on her physical aspects but I am an artist, accustomed to studying the physical body.
And that is the way I first saw her when my Uncle brought her into his antique store.

I and husband
And I will greatly appreciate it if you will not tell your husband.
In the bedroom before the husband and wife find their way to the bed, the lights go on: `` In dull domestic radiance I watch her staring face, still blind, Start wincing in obedience To dirty waters, counters, pots and pans, Waiting below stairs, in her mind ''.
I don't suppose a wife should be grateful to her husband for saving her life, but I am.
If the old fool argues about the price, tell him I shall order my husband not to treat him as a patient any longer.
`` If you become a Baptist, I will not '', Ann informed her husband, but sweeping her threat aside Adoniram continued to search for an answer to the personal dilemma in which he found himself.
I would like very much, on behalf of my husband and myself, to send our eternal thanks to all the wonderful people responsible for the Gabrielle Fund.
The funeral for my husband was just what I wanted and I paid a fair price, far less than I had expected to pay.
Afterwards I learned that Eileen had called Thelma on the telephone and made a big scene about Thelma trying to take her husband away.
I don't ask you who 'tis you're being unfaithful to, husband or lover.
They looked so formidable, however, so demanding, that I found myself staring at them in dismay and starting to woolgather again, this time about Francesca and her husband.
I tried my hardest, with little help, may I say, from my husband and leading man, but somehow the outside pressures were too severe.
Having the deepest of maternal instincts, my heart fairly bled when I thought of the darling pink and white `` bundles from heaven '' I would have proudly given my husband.
In a rare fit of anger and spite, I `` farmed out '' my own husband to a small and most undistinguished studio to make one picture as a form of punishment.
An item in the letters column of a newspaper renewed a subscription, adding: `` I personally enjoy your newspaper as much as my husband ''.
We first see him shaking Mrs. Joe's hand on discovering the sizable amount of the premium paid to her husband for Pip's indenture as an apprentice and later pumping Pip's hands `` for the hundredth time at least '' ( `` May I -- may I -- ''??
( `` I certainly was not at the Dumont last night and my husband couldn't have been.
I asked a silly question: `` You've no idea where your husband could be, now ''??
On my way out I told her, `` If you should eh just happen to see your husband, get him to give himself up.

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