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much under ninety in the year
Therefore the venerable Mrs. Stilgoe (proclaimed by the public voice as having long since completed her century) cannot have been much under ninety in the year of grace 1811.
— from Alice Lorraine: A Tale of the South Downs by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

my uncle need I tell you
As for my uncle, need I tell you that his joy will almost equal mine, when he knows that he can call you his daughter?
— from Pride: One of the Seven Cardinal Sins by Eugène Sue

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