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see people in dreams looking exactly
"Except, perhaps in one or two respects; but then you can't expect to see people in dreams looking exactly like themselves, can you?
— from In Brief Authority by F. Anstey

so preposterous it did look extremely
Much as she was disinclined to believe anything so preposterous, it did look extremely like it.
— from The Maid of Honour: A Tale of the Dark Days of France. Vol. 3 (of 3) by Lewis Wingfield

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