Example sentences of "it was [art] [noun sg] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was no fun loving a person like Memet , especially when he would n't commit himself to her in a civilized and law-abiding manner . |
| 2 | It was no hardship isolating himself . |
| 3 | And it was no comfort having old ladies telling me how they wished they had naturally curly hair . |
| 4 | But it was no use imagining ; in a few minutes she would know everything . |
| 5 | It was no use thinking about them ; they were in the pawnshop with the rest of our wedding clothes . |
| 6 | It was no use snarling at them . |
| 7 | I could barely see ten yards because of the glare , and it was no use trying to look far ahead . |
| 8 | It was no use trying a friendly smile because you immediately developed a long line of followers and felt like a comet with a tail . |
| 9 | It was no use trying to resolve anything over the phone , though . |
| 10 | On the train journey , it came up somewhere near the Prestonpans Power Station , but it was no use trying to mention that . ] |
| 11 | Celia realised it was no use trying to persuade Mrs Bennett otherwise . |
| 12 | If she were him she would want to , but she knew now that it was no use trying to put herself in his place . |
| 13 | She was such a stranger to herself now ; it was no use trying to understand anything she did . |
| 14 | His companion , who 'd attempted to interrupt before , successfully did so now : it was no use trying to have a conversation with him because his deaf-aid had fallen to pieces . |
| 15 | Whether Dr Neil had noticed her hesitation or not , he said to the little woman — ignoring both Sally-Anne 's anger over his cruelty , and her thanks — which just went to show , she thought crossly , that it was no use trying to placate the unpleasant creatures — ‘ Matey , you will make us all a hot pot of tea , strong and sweet . |
| 16 | It was no use trying to borrow one — Ana was much smaller , nowhere near to Maggie 's slender height . |
| 17 | I thought the tide must have turned , so I was probably proceeding in a series of zigzags a little way upstream , and it was no use looking ahead for Joanna , for she 'd be lying off our quarter . |
| 18 | It was no use expecting Sien to be able to understand books or art , but then their attachment was based on something else , on reality , of which books and art were only a part . |
| 19 | A ‘ chew and choke ’ was a transport cafe and the ‘ Bears ’ meant the police , but it was no use expecting Danny to use plain English on a rig . |
| 20 | It was no use pretending Iain was n't there . |
| 21 | I could have navigated to In Salah , regardless of the piste , unless I stepped on a cobra or got my throat cut , but it was no use getting there alone . |
| 22 | All this was happening to someone else , so it was no use getting upset over what did n't concern her . |
| 23 | Oh I , I think one had to consider erm , I , I 'd have to ask them the size of the room , what , what sort of a room it was , er , it was no use getting the fitting which erm was either far too big for the room in it 's , in it 's physical size |
| 24 | It was no use comparing yourself with those who never started ; you had to compare yourself to those who went on . |
| 25 | It was no use wishing for the impossible . |
| 26 | I knew it was no use protesting . |
| 27 | I suppose it makes sense — it was no use flooding the post-war employment market with too many job-hunting men all at once , but we all had a terrible feeling of anti-climax . |
| 28 | It was no use deceiving herself any longer . |
| 29 | She knew that it was no use offering to make it : it would only make Bella angry . |
| 30 | It was no use offering him money , for he would immediately spend it on drink , but I suggested that he try his hand at very light work — sweeping the hospital floor , later a little gardening , and for this I paid him in meals cooked by Toma at home . |