Example sentences of "and no [indef pn] [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The paradox is that ‘ poor communities are full of people with skills and energy to sell , and no one is buying ’ .
2 This group — and there were some sterling institutions reportedly among the participants — would have trimmed USL down to its core operating system , dumped the loss-making language sector , sold off the $5m-a-year Tuxedo line that some insiders consider a crown jewel and cut back on ES/MP which everybody wanted and no one is buying .
3 And no one is taking much notice : after all , this is a grooming session , and we are still grooming !
4 In the Soviet-type Communist system … theoretically the trade unions are an independent organisation , not a Party or state organisation , and no one is allowed to interfere in their activities and to impose decisions upon them …
5 But for a maiden speech , by tradition , everyone keeps absolutely silent and no one is allowed to interrupt .
6 He informed Prime Minister Kosygin that the ZOPFAN proposal was ‘ not directed at anyone and no one is excluded ’ , that its essence lay in the recognition and harmonisation of the legal interests of all the parties in Southeast Asia , of both the countries actually located in the region and of other powers .
7 ‘ We only wanted athletes of distinction and no one is going along for the trip , ’ Murray said .
8 Fraganes , a good way of getting to the more remote spots — it makes an eleven-hour round trip regularly , several times each week — — has gone , and no one is going my way .
9 In circumstances like that no one wants to make a mistake and no one is going to take things casually . ’
10 We 're all safe here , and no one is going to hurt you … least of all these gentlemen in the corner . ’
11 Nothing and no one is going to get in the way of that dream .
12 If you have worked hard to develop a solid gigging career and no one is offering you a deal , the time may have come to approach record companies directly .
13 And no one 's told Mrs Padmore not to type all this bit .
14 And no one 's reported this girl missing ? ’
15 ‘ You mean it 's on its way and no one 's driving it ? ’
16 Yeah but it 's completely anonymous , and no one 's gon na know I 'm talking to you are they ?
17 Now if you choose the right site for your hole on that road , you have a good view through field glasses of the camp — and no one 's going to notice a small slit in the canvas cover of a telephone-hole .
18 And no one 's going there ?
19 The comic voice and no one 's laughing .
20 How , he wondered , could a bell ring and no one be seen pulling it ?
21 There are many thin people in the streets and no one was seen to be overweight .
22 ‘ If there was , it escaped notice , ’ said Owen , ‘ and no one was looking for such signs , well it might pass them by .
23 And no one was expecting him . ’
24 The building was evacuated and no one was injured .
25 The front room was severely damaged and no one was injured in the incident .
26 The critical vote was to follow , and no one was making any confident forecasts .
27 She was alone in the house with Julius , and no one was going to come hurrying to her rescue , no matter how loudly she shouted .
28 And no one was going to help him do that .
29 ‘ As a fund-raiser , you can never take no for an answer and no one was going to put me six feet under . ’
30 ‘ This is the best I have played so close to Wimbledon , ’ confirmed Edberg , and no one was disputing the fact .
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