Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] [pron] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 It would have done nothing for her already damaged ego if he had barged his way into her bedroom , only to find himself having to wade through a torrent of tears .
2 But I warned my children completely off teaching so none of them even contemplated , well they did contemplate , two of them did but I just told them no , not to countenance it
3 None of them ever left .
4 None of them ever knocked on Father Barnes 's door .
5 That 's a pretty poor example , but none of them ever dared to rag him .
6 No-one actually said ‘ Piss off ’ to anyone else , or ‘ You 're fired ’ or ‘ You 're hired ’ ; it was more or less a thing where none of us really communicated at all .
7 Even if we could escape from Ambon with our cargo and wallets intact , none of us much cared to think about what receptions might lie ahead , as we approached the isolation of New Guinea .
8 None of us spoke of the war , in which ( I think ) none of us much believed ; but it was there all the time like ? nagging pain .
9 But the expectation would not be driven out … and yet Harrison was a fine man and there was something about his miserably presented directness which made her want to scoop him up .
10 Laurie Bruce , who was delighted , says he thinks they must have had something of everything ever recorded , from slimming exercises to the finest classical music , and jazz , and some very interesting ‘ 78 's too .
11 His requirements were crystallized into a list of specific organizational demands , twenty-two in all , each one of them hard fought .
12 As almost everyone except himself perfectly understood , these fasts were a ruthless exploitation of the power of his own sanctity .
13 One early writer , John of Damascus , said : ‘ Had there been anything of me not assumed ( by the Word of God ) it would not have been saved , .
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