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"I understand the Captain's order and will comply exactly with no mental reservations."

At the time I saw nothing hypocritical in the mental reservation.

In this belief he accepted her, but not without some mental reservations.

When a man makes a sweeping statement, he often has mental reservations.

The risk was a calculated one, and he took it with no mental reservations.

"No one tells the truth without mental reservations of some kind."

I had a reservation for the 12 o'clock tour, and mental reservations as well.

The rest nodded, each making his own mental reservation on how best to get the lion's share.

It is obvious that there are some mental reservations and discrimination in this House.

The operation is entirely too intricate to approach with mental reservations.