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Examples

  • Annan recounted the story of his meeting with the Leader fortyeight hours before.

    DELIVER US FROM EVIL William Shawcross 2000

  • Annan recounted the story of his meeting with the Leader fortyeight hours before.

    DELIVER US FROM EVIL William Shawcross 2000

  • He and Roscoe got out of the car and stood there waiting for me, just like Baker and Stevenson had fortyeight hours before.

    Killing Floor Child, Lee 1997

  • At our fortyeight-track control board with its state-of-the-art digital equipment, they can take a song recorded in a big dance hall and make it sound like it was cut on a tile floor.

    Willie Nelson, Willie & Shrake, Edwin Bud 1992

  • It is theoretically possible for a single human being to control fifty-four percent of world economic activity, fortyeight percent of the political activity, plus or minus ... lots.

    Achille's Choice Niven, Larry 1991

  • Previous problems hadn't been quite as stunning as what she'd etperienced over the past fortyeight hours, but she was finding that she could deal with them in the same way.

    Greenmantle De Lint, Charles, 1951- 1985

  • It would take fortyeight hours, at the very least, for the effects of the peyote to wear off.

    Nightway Janet Dailey 1981

  • It would take fortyeight hours, at the very least, for the effects of the peyote to wear off.

    Nightway Janet Dailey 1981

  • It would take fortyeight hours, at the very least, for the effects of the peyote to wear off.

    Nightway Janet Dailey 1981

  • It would take fortyeight hours, at the very least, for the effects of the peyote to wear off.

    Nightway Janet Dailey 1981

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