Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [verb] no [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Ms Wendy Mountford was living in a house belonging to Mr Roger Street , under a written agreement headed " Licence " , in which she expressly agreed she had no Rent Act protection .
2 Not only did he see no advantage in change , he believed he could prevent it indefinitely .
3 such thing as a pill without side effects , he just said he had no side effects .
4 By contrast , of Germans , Italians , and Mexicans interviewed , more believed they had no influence at national and local level than believed that they had .
5 The Germans quickly showed they had no intention of simply defending their first-leg advantage , the evidence provided by left-back Oliver Schafer .
6 One of Watson 's victims yesterday said he had no sympathy for his attacker .
7 An Army report once said he had no regard for human life .
8 A television commentator once said he stood no chance of becoming Hungary 's leader because he was too fat .
9 In March he probably did his credit no good in the House of Commons when he appears to have argued that proceedings in the subsidy bill should be kept secret , even from the queen herself .
10 A young woman ran a pushchair into the back of her legs painfully and , when Meredith turned round , treated her to a furious glare which clearly said she had no business to be in the way .
11 He also said he had no desire to tackle the principle of comprehensive education : ‘ I do n't see any need for it at the present time .
12 If he said : " I wo n't buy until I 've seen written information on the stock " this frequently meant he had no intention of buying at all , and the astute dealer would pretend he was sending an Extel card ( a written fact sheet on the stock ) but in fact he would not bother .
13 Also in his favour was the demeanour of his mount , for although Mandarin must have felt horribly unbalanced he made no attempt to take advantage of this unwonted freedom and run away .
14 THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury ended his ecumenical talks in Rome yesterday with an agreed statement that reaffirmed the commitment of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches to unity , yet admitted they saw no solution to the difficulties presented by the Anglican ordination of women .
15 The classic remark came from Abrams at the public hearings : ‘ I never said I had no idea about most of the things you said I had no idea about . ’
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