Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] none [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we finally had the showdown , he actually told me that none of them mattered . |
| 2 | That evening Mrs Puri remarked to me that none of the considerable expense of the party would have been necessary if members of her family did not insist on leaving the Punjab and pursuing business ventures Abroad . |
| 3 | ‘ Anyway , it amazes me that none of you has apparently thought of comparing the print-outs of yesterday with today 's work . |
| 4 | He told them that none of the servants had seen Putt since the forest ‘ accident ’ . |
| 5 | And may I remind you that none of us were exempt from that curse . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ And , since you obviously assume otherwise , despite my constant reassurances on the subject , I 'd like to take this opportunity of assuring you that none of my liaisons — past or present — will be lurking in the cupboards . |
| 7 | So there are six of us here it 's none for you , none for you , none for you , none for you , none for you and none for me how many altogether ? |
| 8 | No one has won in the libel case brought against you and none of those involved has really benefited . |
| 9 | Joyce tried to comfort her , assuring her that none of the boys would have to go . |
| 10 | He had looked out the window of his hotel that morning , seen the rain , thought of the day that lay ahead of him and none of it any more seemed worthwhile . |
| 11 | She wanted him to tell her that he loved her and none of this had happened . |
| 12 | Similarly in 69 , which has eleven instances of Thou and none of I , the analysis of the Friend 's misbehaviour focuses on the discrepancy between his outward beauty ( ‘ thy fair flower ’ ) and his mind and action ( ‘ the rank smell of weeds ’ ) , an inconsistency given more biting expression by the double pun in the couplet : ‘ But why thy odour matcheth not thy show , /The soil is this — that thou dost common grow . ’ |
| 13 | In these great welfare state totalitarianisms therefore , as in the modern world , child-rearing regimes could regress to pre-agricultural styles , and oral indulgence , Oedipal rivalry and incestuous fixation could all be allowed to occur in the individual because the state bureaucracies would see to it that none of the undesirable consequences of these things occurred in reality . |
| 14 | Among the benefits to be abolished was the Death Grant , to be replaced by a system which gave full help to families who needed it and none to those who did not . |