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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All that has passed has, in the pattern of the old grandmother-tales, taken but a twinkling .
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But in the supernatural universe the Great Battle was won in the twinkling of an eye.
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But stop pushing me, stop expecting me to change in the twinkling of an eye.
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In the twinkling of an eye they were safe inside with their friends.