Example sentences of "[vb pp] no [noun sg] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as the newcomers are concerned , they have wished no harm to anyone , so that any animosity which they have evoked has been entirely unintended and unanticipated . |
| 2 | You and I , therefore , must work harder , especially you , as I have felt no evidence of your considerable weight since I took office . |
| 3 | Until now , she had met no backlash from her penchant for dressing with unerring sensuality . |
| 4 | First , we may think of the traditional or even oldfashioned type of man with tangible material things which belong to him — land and houses , horses and cattle , furniture and jewellery and pictures — things which he may use or destroy ( so far as that is physically possible ) ; from which he may exclude others ; which he may sell or give away or bequeath ; which , if he has made no disposition of them , will pass on his death to persons related to him . |
| 5 | The bank had made no secret of their dismay over Virgin 's venture into airlines . |
| 6 | The pop superstar has made no secret of her lust for the 27-year-old bad-boy star of hit TV series Beverly Hills 90210 . |
| 7 | She had made no secret of her admiration for the mysterious Miguelito . |
| 8 | The T&G , which may yet be shamed into balloting its members , has made no secret of its backing for Smith on the basis that he has a ‘ movement background ’ . |
| 9 | Bertelsmann has made no secret of its renewed expansionary ambitions . |
| 10 | BR 's made no secret of its ambition to modernise the line . |
| 11 | And it surprises me that they took him into the Force , 'cos he 's made no secret of it an' you know yourself how they 're thought about . ’ |
| 12 | She broke off , unaccountably reluctant to tell them the rest , although she had made no secret of it in London . |
| 13 | He had also been extremely suspicious and had made no secret of it . |
| 14 | Saatchi has made no secret of his admiration for the work of the German painter Sigmar Polke , yet he has sold at least 17 works by the artist in his collection , including what many regard as Polke 's finest work , Paganini ; according to three separate sources of information , Saatchi has only one Polke left in his collection . |
| 15 | He has made no secret of his irritation with the City and its ways , and in the light of the group 's disastrous plunge to losses of £71m for the year to June , shareholders are being presented with a ‘ sell me your shares or shoot yourselves in the foot ’ type offer . |
| 16 | England boss Taylor has made no secret of his admiration for the pride and passion Adams puts into his efforts for his country . |
| 17 | Chambers had made no secret of his intention to treat the human race as the last and highest product of the ascent through the animal hierarchy . |
| 18 | Yet he had made no secret of his opinion that women and boats were about as compatible as oil and water . |
| 19 | Gesner had flirted with her quite outrageously during the dinner ( more champagne ) and had made no secret of his intense interest in her life , and particularly of the men in her life . |
| 20 | Quinn has made no secret of his disapproval of the manner in which Manchester City axed manager Peter Reid and he 's an obvious target for Wednesday who will be seeking a top class replacement for Paul Warhurst . |
| 21 | The Liverpool manager has made no secret of his desire to sign a top-class defender this summer with John Scales and Neil Ruddock his main targets . |
| 22 | I have made no secret of my debt in this book to the ideas of R. L. Trivers . |
| 23 | As your father had made no will of his own , all the relation 's money came to you and her . ’ |
| 24 | For example : it was found that many staff had made no provision for their phones to be answered when they were absent from their desks . |
| 25 | But she did n't find out he had made no provision for her in the event of his death until Elizabeth could no longer withhold her sentiments . |
| 26 | ‘ I have made no provision for my son Robert other than the bequest of £100 because he has been the recipient of my bounty during my lifetime and has nevertheless caused me sorrow and trouble on numerous occasions . ‘ |
| 27 | John wrote emphatically : ‘ I have made no provision for my son Lawrence other than the bequest of £100 because he had his own business in opposition to mine ; I was willing to work with him and help him but he would not and preferred competition . ’ |
| 28 | However , it has made no provision in its spending plans for the influx of EC students which is likely to follow . |
| 29 | And certainly if it had happened to Katy , it probably would have made no impact on her at all . |
| 30 | Even though the husband had made no use of it . |