Example sentences of "that was no [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He informed a hushed court that , even if the trooper 's wife was ‘ playing around ’ , that was no excuse for murder , premeditated or spontaneous . |
| 2 | She said that was no excuse for not informing the next of kin of the three crew members of the Delos who had died . |
| 3 | Spiderglass treated her well on the trip to the spiders of Earth but that was no compensation for ripping her out of her own charmed cocoon . |
| 4 | ‘ There were a lot of problems with the welfare state , ’ I said , ‘ but that was no reason for trying to do away with it . ’ |
| 5 | It was obvious that he did n't care a fig what she looked like , but that was no reason for him to tighten the purse-strings . |
| 6 | Her remark had been in bad taste , she acknowledged , but that was no reason for him to lay into her with yet another string of personal insults , all dished out in that patronising way that got her blood heated to boiling-point . |
| 7 | I caught all through and finished with 7 lb 4oz but that was no match for Paul who took 9 lb 12 oz to the scales . |