Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [adv] [vb past] nor [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was so much a part of her that she never needed nor wanted to examine too closely the nature of her feeling for him . |
| 2 | Although they neither rebelled nor resigned , their disenchantment was soon widely known . |
| 3 | that he neither knew nor had reason to believe he was driving without insurance . |
| 4 | I was alone in the darkness in one of those old-fashioned six seater compartments , and I neither knew nor had any means of knowing whether my family was alive or dead . |
| 5 | Among friends and neighbours a farm worker 's skill was appreciated and he neither knew nor cared about the reputation of farm workers outside . |
| 6 | ‘ Tomorrow 's always another day , ’ she said , trotting out one of her many sayings , and he neither smiled nor mocked at her , but went downstairs to eat the supper which she had prepared for him , because that was the way she showed him her love and concern , and the least which he could do was respond to it . |
| 7 | He was about to take her arm and help her into the culvert but she neither needed nor wanted his help . |
| 8 | Great wicker baskets were trundled in and out of their home but she never complained nor spoke of regretting the end of her dancing life . |
| 9 | Llewelyn turned from the altar in time to catch that disconcerting look , but it neither puzzled nor disturbed him . |
| 10 | She had been divorced by her two husbands , deserted by her last lover , and considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked . |
| 11 | He never killed hares , either , he said , for they neither scraped nor burrowed into the turf . |
| 12 | On the other hand , Jenner introduced vaccination when he neither knew nor had any means of knowing anything about viruses . |
| 13 | There was a bitter tinge to the triumph , however , for he neither warned nor consulted the PLO before his announcement . |