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made a definite rule of never
As he would have told you, however, he made a definite rule of never "going out to lunch" with any woman working on The Honeycomb.
— from The Disturbing Charm by Berta Ruck

mother and daughter rarely or never
Indeed, this New England mother and daughter rarely or never caressed each other.
— from Jane Field: A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

made a double row of nails
He did not care for deep drinking in the least, but the number of magnums he had assisted in flooring, when on a regimen of “three glasses of sherry,” would have made a double row of nails round the coffin of a larger man.
— from Sword and Gown: A Novel by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence

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