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:Dr. James Kilmore: There's quite a bit of bruising there. You landed on your coccyx.
Francis Bigger: I did not. I fell on my back.
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1972, Dennis Wheatley, The Strange Story of Linda Lee, Arrow edition, London: Arrow Books, published 1974, →ISBN, pages 99–100:‘ […] I was very much more than a secretary. I didn’t only run the house and keep his papers in order. He owed his happiness these last years to me, and I looked after him like a mother.’
‘A mother indeed!’ Elsie snapped. ‘I’ve never heard it called that before. I’m not quite such a fool as to suppose that my stepfather treated you as he did, letting you wear his family jewels and buying you expensive presents like your mink coat, because you “mothered” him.’
[…]
Linda’s blue eyes flashed and she declared angrily, ‘Very well, then! I was his mistress! So what?’
1978, Laurence Meynell, Papersnake, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, page 132:‘Ginny's my amanuensis,’ Hooky said, which naturally made Harry the Horse roar with laughter.
‘I’ve never heard it called that before,’ he said. ‘That’s a great word for it. The next time I’m making a girl feel good I'll tell her that’s what she is. How about that, Ginny?’
1989, Joel Smith, Mixed doubles, London: Lions Teen Tracks (Collins), →ISBN, page 76:“I’m having a word with her, in a minute,” Michael said. “On my own.”
“On your own, eh?” James said it suggestively.
“Yes,” said Michael, “a private talk.”
“I’ve never heard it called that before,” said James.
1999, Patricia Hall, Dead On Arrival, 1st St. Martin's Minotaur edition, New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, published 2001, →ISBN, page 185:‘I'll suggest we go up there, just the two of us,’ he whispered. ‘We could call in at my place for some lunch on the way.’
‘I've never heard it called that before,’ she said, running her hand down his thigh in a way which caused him serious problems of self-control. He backed away hastily
2009, Marie Donovan, My Sexy Greek Summer, Toronto: Harlequin, →ISBN, page 151:“ […] I was married for twenty-five years and widowed for twenty. When we all lived in Athens, what do you think I did on my weekends off?”
Cara had never really thought about it. “Um, you wove tapestries?”
Athena roared. “I've never heard it called that before.” She patted Cara's cheek. “No, my dear. I had lovers.”
2012, Sally Grindley, Hurricane Wills, New York: Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN, page 62:“It’s because of him we’ve got to sleep in a matchbox and listen to people at it all night long.”
“If you were asleep, it wouldn’t matter. Anyway, Dad says that’s the central heating we can hear.”
“I’ve never heard it called that before,” Wills sniggered again.
2016, Nicky Hansell, The Sage Train, Kibworth Beauchamp: Matador, →ISBN, page 147:“To try to equate goodness with pleasure as Bentham did, or duty as did Kant, or some God is to commit a fallacy — the naturalistic fallacy.’
‘The naturalistic phallus – ee? I’ve never heard it called that before!’ She laughed, pleased with her joke.