Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [pron] was no " in BNC.

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1 He put the gun sideways in his mouth to give him two free hands and I thought about trying to grab it off him but I thought I 'd probably kill one of us and even if I did n't I was no match for him and he 'd just take it off me again .
2 I thought erm , oh well cos like , I explained yesterday there was no way we could have them because of there was only the pair .
3 And for those who dug deeper there was no blame and no clear enemy — all was reducible to unconscious hurt .
4 But he must remain in the custody of the bailiff , who said however there was no need for it .
5 ‘ Michael 's a brilliant lyricist , he can talk about things that matter without it being obvious , so when we got together there was no way we were going to do a creamy , greasy duet .
6 To the surprise of the two Brownies , when they stepped outside there was no sign of Joe .
7 As he turned and looked into her eyes he knew instinctively there was no need to worry on that score .
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