Example sentences of "[prep] no [adj] [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 What on earth was she supposed to wear for this evening with Dane — this evening that was n't exactly a date , yet she could think of no other description for it ?
2 ’ She could think of no other reason for his appearance .
3 Helen came in towards the end , and , with no outside calls for her to go to , Joanna looked rather depressed .
4 ‘ As you 've probably realised by now , ’ Fen said as he marched her briskly along the towpath , with no apparent concern for her fatigue , ‘ living and travelling on a narrow boat is not all glamour and sunbathing .
5 Her father was the greatest actor-manager since Irving ; she was proud to be taught by him , would as proudly appear in a part which left him , the great Asshe , with no other place for himself than that of Lord Capulet .
6 The period of succession in regimes with no constitutional provision for it often tends to be a time of unrest .
7 He reached over to his jacket , which had been thrown down with no particular care for its value , and pulled out the captured billfold .
8 It may be argued on the one hand that where the owner of goods was under no tortious liability for their appearance on the occupier 's land , he ought to be able to retake them in any event , provided he does no injury to the premises or gives adequate security for making good any unavoidable injury .
9 ‘ We will be interviewing him about what happened but obviously he is in no fit state for us to talk to him yet and we will be waiting until he is well enough , ’ a police spokesman said .
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