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sacrifice a moment of struggle and then all
The new duty was demanding its first heavy sacrifice; a moment of struggle, and then all was over.
— from A Hero of the Pen by E. Werner

showed any marks of suspicion and then again
He looked at people's faces, to see whether their features showed any marks of suspicion; and then, again, "What's the odds?"
— from Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach

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