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1 Two days must elapse before the steamer arrived; ample time for composition.
2 An hour or two still had to elapse before the last scene.
3 Still two or three days must elapse before they could reach Popayan.
4 This satisfied us that hours might elapse before it was burned through.
5 None the less, another six weeks were to elapse before hostilities began.
6 An interval of some days must elapse before this could be done.
7 Two years should elapse before sod land is used for this crop.
8 Nine years were to elapse before he was to speak to her.
9 This portrait presupposes that a long period will elapse before Christ comes.
10 At all events, some time must elapse before they can be here.
11 Another ten minutes must elapse before he could hope for her arrival.
12 I fear that many weeks will elapse before he can advance; and meantime-
13 Fifteen more years were to elapse before the definitive French conquest of Poitou.
14 He allowed a short interval to elapse before taking the plunge.
15 Yet another month must elapse before the vessel would be ready for sea.
16 Eight years were to elapse before the great Puritan exodus began.
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