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Two unnatural corpses popped up in town in a span of hours. A major art form created and destroyed in the span of a century. The tape your watching records his fifth appearance at the store in a span of two weeks. We can create seeds, plantings, whole orchards in the span of a few years. In a span of a year, he's lost his father, And his mother's been taken away. I knew in the span of a heartbeat. Taking Indian costs from 2004 or 2005 as proxy for the costs during the IP was not considered appropriate as costs in a span of 10 years may differ significantly. You're saying the shape of his leg changed that much in a span of a couple of months?	You went from cowering in a corner to overt blackmail in the span of an hour. He drank it, asked for another, and proceeded to drink six more bottles in the span of five minutes. I lost my brother and then my boyfriend in the span of a week. All of them in the span of 90 minutes. A major art form created and destroyed in the span of a century. We can create seeds, plantings, whole orchards in the span of a few years. Harry, I want to murder that woman in the span of time it takes her to place my drink order. The only weird thing is that two different girls just asked me out in the span of one minute.

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Two unnatural corpses popped up in town in a span of hours.
A major art form created and destroyed in the span of a century.
The tape your watching records his fifth appearance at the store in a span of two weeks.
We can create seeds, plantings, whole orchards in the span of a few years.
In a span of a year, he's lost his father, And his mother's been taken away.
I knew in the span of a heartbeat.
Taking Indian costs from 2004 or 2005 as proxy for the costs during the IP was not considered appropriate as costs in a span of 10 years may differ significantly.
You're saying the shape of his leg changed that much in a span of a couple of months?

You went from cowering in a corner to overt blackmail in the span of an hour.
He drank it, asked for another, and proceeded to drink six more bottles in the span of five minutes.
I lost my brother and then my boyfriend in the span of a week.
All of them in the span of 90 minutes.
A major art form created and destroyed in the span of a century.
We can create seeds, plantings, whole orchards in the span of a few years.
Harry, I want to murder that woman in the span of time it takes her to place my drink order.
The only weird thing is that two different girls just asked me out in the span of one minute.