Example sentences of "[ex0] 'd [be] no [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The promised home help had n't turned up despite several letters , and there 'd been no sign of the district nurse over the weekend .
2 There 'd been no women before then , in the sense of a community .
3 There 'd been no word from Guy after he went away , but , knowing his friend 's house was isolated , with no telephone , Leonora was unconcerned .
4 There 'd been no call for him to attend .
5 The story was an ancient warrant that the girls of those parts were the beauties of their day , that there 'd been no break with the proud Greek tradition .
6 For a while now there 'd been no sound save the lazy creak of the sails and the soft slap of water against their bows .
7 There 'd been no shooting for a long while .
8 ‘ Until I left London there 'd been no signal from Clarion Call for four days . ’
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