Small and dark, with an inner reserve that reminded him of Lise.

"All right, Julian," she said, seeming to draw on some inner reserve of strength.

The defeatist thought was brushed aside, and he reached deep within himself to tap his inner reserves.

There was an inner reserve which made him hold that idea at arm's length.

The citizen colonel spoke with much less hesitation, as if what he'd already said had broken some inner reserve.

Teachers should bring out the inner reserve in children.

Yet it was from some inner reserve of strength she drew to say firmly, "Now, please.

An inner reserve of spiritual strength was always there.

John consulted his inner reserves - still very weak.

Until then the banks had been allowed to report profits after transfers to secret, inner reserves.