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dyke as no calf ever did
Yes, it was creeping down over the dyke, as no calf ever did or could creep.
— from Rainbow Valley by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

dresses as no countryman ever dressed
He is not content with resembling a cross between Paul Pry and a Drury Lane clown—he pitchforks the paint on, increases the size of his mouth by "bringing up" the corners to insure a perpetual smile, wears a wig which even a Joey Grimaldi would shudder at, dresses as no countryman ever dressed, and wears a huge sunflower from his back garden.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 07, Issue 38, February, 1894 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

doors and none could enter despite
They closed the doors, and none could enter, despite the women's screams.
— from Voices in the Night by Flora Annie Webster Steel

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