Example sentences of "was no [noun] for his " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no pity for his evident loneliness and many stories circulating about his arrogance and the superior manner in which he parked the cheaply-framed photograph of his parents on his night table . |
| 2 | The husband disputes the claim , on the ground that there was no consideration for his promise . |
| 3 | Rival clubs insist there was no competition for his signature , however . |
| 4 | Though he appeared no longer bent on seduction , nor even aware of her seeming absence , Isabel knew she was no match for his strength . |
| 5 | Heroes : Augusto Odone , who refused to accept there was no cure for his son , and Nick Nolte , who plays him in the film Screen drama : Michaela Odone , played by Susan Sarandon , nurses her son Lorenzo , Zack O'Malley Greenburgh , in a moving scene from Lorenzo 's Oil Prof John Sargent : helped pioneer treatment |
| 6 | McLeod 's family placed a similarly strong emphasis on the value of education but failed , not because of the methods the parents chose to ram it home — on his own admission , they were not ‘ overstrict ’ — but because they set unachievable objectives for him ; nothing short of these objectives would satisfy and so there was no reward for his best efforts . |