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for an introduction that had eventually ruined
Yet his thin lips curled in a dreamy smile as he was whirled away in the serviceable little Darracq which had been presented to him by a titled idiot in gratitude for an introduction that had eventually ruined him.
— from A Traitor's Wooing by Headon Hill

for an instant then his eyes returned
He regarded her stoically for an instant; then his eyes returned to Miss Clarkson's, who had risen, and was watching him closely.
— from Many Kingdoms by Elizabeth Garver Jordan

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