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there are no guarantees on either side
And, after all, there are no guarantees on either side.
— from A Traitor in London by Fergus Hume

trees as never grew on English soil
And indeed so it was, being narrow and grassy and shady with trees, save that these were such trees as never grew on English soil.
— from Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Jeffery Farnol

through a narrow gorge on either side
The road from Mourghab to Kawamabad is wild and picturesque, leading through a narrow gorge, on either side of which are precipitous cliffs of rock and forest, three or four hundred feet high.
— from A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán by Harry De Windt

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