“I’m not sure that in the moment she was writing, she bore in mind all her grammar and French syntax,” Ms. du Granrut said.

To rise to that high creative bar, Abrams bore in mind that some of the qualities that make for an engaging creature are identical to the traits of an interesting human character within Star Wars — which, he says, is centered on “behavior and, depending on the role intended, a level of sympathy, which usually has to do with the eyes.”

I bore in mind something the late journalist Susan Sontag had said to me in 2000, which was that, as an interviewer, you should give something of yourself so it becomes a mutual interaction rather than people just feeling mined for a story.

"The Committee bore in mind the very high regard in which output from the BBC's Natural History Unit is held. They considered this was a serious breach of the editorial guidelines for accuracy," a summary of their findings read.

For an hour or two Phaeton bore in mind his father’s principal injunctions, and all went well; but later, elated by his exalted position, he became very reckless, drove faster and faster, and soon lost his way.