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length away neither could the other two
If he couldn't see an arm's length away, neither could the other two.
— from The Green Odyssey by Philip José Farmer

landed and nobody came to offer them
The Illinois river had here spread out into a broad lake; the bank was low, there were no buildings of any kind near the water; some of the passengers landed, and nobody came to offer them welcome.
— from The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned by George Dunderdale

looked at Nackerson caused the other to
Instantly Bluff half-raised his gun, and the way he looked at Nackerson caused the other to hesitate.
— from The Outdoor Chums in the Big Woods; Or, Rival Hunters of Lumber Run by Quincy Allen

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