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Being thus baffled, he determined to bring in here a point which he had been reserving to use later, should Milton Hibbard decide to take up the question of Peter Junior’s lameness.

From The Eye of Dread by Erskine, Payne

But when Madame de Treymes, at his approach, let him see that it was for him she had been reserving herself, he felt that so graceful an impulse needed no special explanation.

From Madame De Treymes by Wharton, Edith

More than this he would not do, but he brought out something 311 he had been reserving with pride, a few little nuggets of gold.

From The Eye of Dread by Erskine, Payne

Him they had been reserving with this end in view.

From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Mitford, Bertram

"I've got to out-distance him," murmured Tom, looking back over his shoulder, and he let out a little more of the speed he had been reserving.

From Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck by Chapman, Allen