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wide enough but for one of them
Thus did the march of Life and the march of Death make toward each other and the way was wide enough but for one of them to pass.
— from The Coming of the King by Bernie Babcock

with Epping butter from one of the
The amateurs of fresh Epping butter were supplied with this dainty, which yielded my ingenious landlord a profit of at least 100 per cent., besides establishing his shop as being supplied with Epping butter from one of the first-rate dairies.—I am, sir, your obedient servant, “ A Student .”
— from Curiosities of Civilization by Andrew Wynter

was empty but from one of the
The room was empty, but from one of the back windows of the house the police caught sight of a man huddled up in a corner of the courtyard below.
— from The Romance of Madame Tussaud's by John Theodore Tussaud

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