"They did an instant test and found the presence of asbestos."

"I never liked any of it," she found the presence of mind to say.

I found the presence of this chamber, with you absent from it, sufficient.

You do that," he said before I'd found the presence of mind to respond.

At some point before the water grew cold, Selena found the presence of mind to turn off the faucet.

In the midst of his anguish he still found the presence of mind to say "Sir."

Within herself she reached for, and found, the tacit presence that was Ysanne.

Finally one of them found the presence of mind to speak.

Keeping one eye on Roy too, Jimmy found the presence of mind to right a chair so his father could sit down again.

Somehow, I found the presence of mind to take another step, and instantly regretted it.