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That decision would also have reprieved the school's current management, Park View Education Trust.

From The Guardian • May 30, 2014

I have reprieved you, and I will satisfy you that when this large animal says a thing he means it.

From Leaves in the Wind by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)

Pending further inquiries into this," said the Home Secretary, not without appreciation of the grim humour of the situation as he glanced at Grodman's ashen cheeks, "I have reprieved the prisoner.

From The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes by Zangwill, Israel

Pending further inquiries into this," said the Home Secretary, not without appreciation of the grim humor of the situation as he glanced at Grodman's ashen cheeks, "I have reprieved the prisoner.

From The Big Bow Mystery by Zangwill, Israel