| 1 | The mood of the crowd can change in the twinkling of an eye. | |
| 2 | How time flies! In a twinkling of an eye it is already 4 years since China acceded to the World Trade Organization ( WTO ). | |
| 3 | I told her I would, but I soon forgot about the tree. | |
| 4 | He did stay through the winter, and through the spring, and then another year had passed and it was summer again. | |
| 5 | She looks up at him--is she blushing? --and an odd grimace crosses her mouth and vanishes. She moves away from him and joins the crowds in the terminal. |