Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [noun sg] [ex0] was no " in BNC.
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1 | Neither effect is large , but the result is sufficiently different for us to feel uncomfortable about averaging the two effects ; it would not do justice to the situation to say that on average there was no effect of education once age was controlled . |
2 | And of course there was no question of her having escaped from a mental hospital or of ever having been in one . |
3 | And of course there was no sign of Mr Goodson from the ground-floor flat , but then there never was at the weekend . |
4 | We had the greatest difficulty in cleaning and recording it in the very limited time available , and in fact there was no time to draw it . |
5 | Er but of course there was no newspapers er printed at all then , and I 've got , there was a Churchill 's Paper , what did they call that ? |
6 | Those over , still over the bridge like now , you know and er , where the brook comes through , but of course there was no , er , there was no houses at the back end you see , it went right |
7 | " That 's Maurice 's pub , " she told him , " he 'll be in there now " , and , as they got nearer , " I wish the Venice lantern was still there , it looked nice at night , " but in reality there was no need to say very much . |
8 | The shocked driver assumed that he had run over and killed someone on the line , but on investigation there was no injured person to be found . |