Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] that [pron] was no " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I observed that there was no letter for me . ’ |
| 2 | I felt that it was no time for living dangerously . |
| 3 | I felt that there was no chance that he could sustain his position . |
| 4 | I wanted a diploma because I knew that there was no possibility of my going to a university . |
| 5 | But I knew that it was no massive dental operation in progress but that the sluice itself was blocked by leaves , that the water going into the pipe which fed the turbine was at a minimum and that if I did n't get up and deal with the problem the turbine would shut down and the melin would be pretty cold in the morning . |
| 6 | In the end I saw that there was no way he would accept this treatment , and that it was doing both of us more harm than good . |
| 7 | As I looked at this mounting pile of equipment I thought that there was no way this was going to fit into the spare bedroom . |
| 8 | Shortly after this the Building Research Establishment ( BRE ) published its own report called ‘ Timber-frame housing : a technical appraisal ’ which found that there was no evidence of any more problems , or greater risk of major defects due to deficiencies in design or workmanship , than in traditionally constructed houses . |
| 9 | The fact that dividing the stimuli up by risk ratings produces no dissociation is consistent with the results of Studies 2 and 3 which showed that there was no simple U-shaped or J-shaped relationship between risk ratings and P(A) . |
| 10 | In the end Bothwell himself saw that there was no hope . |
| 11 | Perhaps this was because she belonged to Fred , which meant that there was no call to Oh , all that , he thought , shutting up in his own head . |
| 12 | As she was approaching she saw his head turn slightly in awareness of her , which meant that there was no going back . |
| 13 | There were those — particularly gay men — who argued that there was no need for any gay politics at all . |
| 14 | She did n't want her past discussed with him — he was n't interested in it , for heaven 's sake — but she realised that there was no way that her friend could possibly be aware of those undercurrents . |
| 15 | Though as her sleep-filled eyes met Ven 's dark ones she realised that there was no sign there that Ven thought her foolish . |
| 16 | Even before she registered that there was no child , she saw his anger . |
| 17 | In early February , Sotheby 's received a letter from A. Schuttwolf , paintings curator at Gotha , who noted that there was no possibility of them buying the Wtewael , and that the painting could proceed to sale . |
| 18 | The silence was underlined by the drumming of grasshoppers and she noticed that there was no other car which might have brought S. Kettering . |
| 19 | Fernando Serra had instructed him to instruct her when she arrived that there was no room at the inn ! |
| 20 | Feeling defeated suddenly , she discovered that it was no good trying to recapture the fury she had felt with him in the hope of that fury helping her battle against the way she was feeling . |
| 21 | This view is reinforced by the writings of some of the early church fathers such as St John Chrysostom , who observed that there was no conflict over natural common property such as air , sun , water , earth , sea , light and stars or even man-made common property such as baths , cities , markets and arcades , but only over private property which created what he termed that frigid expression ‘ Thine and Mine ’ . |
| 22 | She knew that it was no use offering to make it : it would only make Bella angry . |
| 23 | She stood in front of the mirror and in front of her mother , and she suffered because she knew that there was no escape ; the reasons why the dress would not do were reasons which could never be communicated . |
| 24 | She knew that there was no point in jumping up and running after him ; no use in calling out his name . |
| 25 | Even she knew that there was no need for this … that there were ways and means . |
| 26 | There is certainly a case for subsidy on the social railway , but I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree with the judgment of the previous Labour Government , who said that there was no case for subsidising inter-urban services , nor was there a social case for subsidy with regard to inter-city services . |
| 27 | It was Macaulay who said that there was no more absurd ( and after the scenes in Liverpool I would say horrifying ) spectacle than ‘ the English having one of their periodic fits of morality ’ . |
| 28 | Then , again asking God 's forgiveness , she said that there was no God but God , and the trouble was that Westerners did n't fellow His instructions or live by His law . |
| 29 | We were , however , readier , I think , than at the beginning , to take seriously and to counter , the equally serious convictions of those who held that there was no place for courses similar to ours , of which there were at that time a number in various stages of development . |
| 30 | We eagerly set out to find our dream home but , after much searching , eventually we decided that there was no way we could leave our quiet countryside house with its beautiful views . |