Example sentences of "he 's no " in BNC.

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1 ‘ He may be a lord but he 's no gentleman , ’ said Mr Eames Loftily .
2 ‘ They say he 's no ornament , ’ her mother said carefully .
3 He 's no family .
4 Crossley 's mistake was great for us but devastating for him , and he 's no longer in their side .
5 The point is , though , no matter how badly people might say he played that week and won — everybody 's going to miss a few fairways ; Tom Watson was just as erratic in 1983 , that 's his game and he 's no mug — he 'd got it all worked out .
6 ‘ And you were about to say , lass , he 's no friend of yours .
7 How am I going to get rid of Vern when he 's no more use ?
8 He 's no good at sport .
9 ‘ Ah , well , ’ said the blacksmith , ‘ seems a pity — nice little chap , he is , but nobody wants him — he 's no breed , you see .
10 My dear , he 's no manners at all ! ’
11 If someone 's a brilliant coach , they say he 's no good at the more administrative side of the job .
12 ‘ And so will her son , though he 's no bigger than a rabbit . ’
13 He 's no good to you .
14 HE 'S no ball player and certainly not one of the game 's better athletes , but you just ca n't argue with his goalscoring record over the years .
15 Cantona claimed the equaliser to disprove accusations that he 's no more than a ball-juggling circus act .
16 He 's no problem — I 'm 100 per cent behind him . ‘
17 He 's no time left at all .
18 He 's no fuss
19 When will you get it into your head he 's no good for you ?
20 But knowing Sunderland 's history he 's no chance of surviving .
21 And though he 's no longer particularly religious himself — although he does believe in God — Pitt says he admires them for their dedication to their beliefs .
22 He may be faster than a speeding bullet but he 's no match for a giant alien called Doomsday .
23 Les never made it , but he 's no stranger to the wearing of shorts : the sub is better known as the FRUITBAT , third from the left in the front row of the pic .
24 ‘ I say he 's no business hanging around Florence .
25 He 's no queer . ’
26 He 's no boy now !
27 ‘ As you know , Sally , he 's no great shakes as a shot-maker but a wonderful putter — he has a great feel .
28 He added : ‘ She knows he 's no angel but she blames a lot of his problems on his older friends , many of whom are into crime of some sort .
29 ‘ Well , you know , like he says he was coming up to you — this is the way I look at it — coming up to ask you to lend , say , a lawnmower , right — this is when he 's no drunk , ordinary sober , you know — and he 'll be walking up to you and thinking about it at the same time .
30 Prohaska is again somewhat pressed by his role , the voice lacking resonance , and he is inclined to slur his phrases in a sentimental way — he 's no match here for Hotter on a roughly contemporaneous Munich broadcast .
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