Example sentences of "but [verb] no " in BNC.
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1 | I did zip the tent flap shut , but wasted no other time on housekeeping ; I would come back in daylight to tidy up and replace the stores I had used . |
2 | He was a picture of grace , but wasted no time in rehabilitating now with a chanceless 126 in the next match in Kandy against an Up-Country XI . |
3 | George could not imagine how a change of clothing could create such a transformation in his plain youngest sister , but passed no comment . |
4 | The task facing the Supreme Commander changed abruptly and fundamentally but became no easier . |
5 | This declared that there was a serious shortage of adequate houses in many areas , but recommended no legislation . |
6 | G-7 ministers meeting separately on Sept. 19 had pledged to restore " stable " exchange rates but recommended no concrete measures amid reports that Germany had refused to lower its interest rates to ease pressure on European currencies . |
7 | Mustill and Boyd ( p247 ) state they can not , but cite no authority . |
8 | Wendy tried to call him back but got no reply . |
9 | He tried to make small talk but got no replies . |
10 | I wrote to Dana but got no reply . |
11 | Olazabal maintained his ball was lying in a depression caused by a chair leg but got no sympathy . |
12 | A line to connect Port Augusta to Darwin and thence by sea to India and the rest of Asia was begun in the 1920s but got no further than Alice Springs , reached in 1929 . |
13 | She reached the door , but got no further because Garty was leaning against it . |
14 | I commanded right hand and feet onto stick and pedals but got no reaction . |
15 | Bond next offered Irises to various potential Japanese buyers , but got no takers . |
16 | The ‘ unsafe ’ , heavily indebted countries were those who had over-borrowed but got no special international diplomatic help . |
17 | She noted that there was now an absence , but got no farther . |
18 | Yorick tried to ring the Newleys but got no answer . |
19 | He borrowed the pub telephone and called her , but got no answer . |
20 | They left Hobart with a small party on a government schooner bound for port Davey , but got no further than Recherche Bay before being prevented by stormy weather for a fortnight . |
21 | I tried the Mimosa Club to see if anyone interesting was playing that evening but got no reply . |
22 | With a little cry of distress she turned to flee from the room , but got no further than a couple of steps when Luke caught her . |
23 | ready and willing to work , but given no work ; |
24 | Too much physics teaching today is still ‘ cook book ’ stuff , with students told how to manipulate equations to solve puzzles , but given no insight into the deeper implications of those equations or of the significance of their development . |
25 | But if there are n't enough staff to meet this approach , the result is a double stress for the nurse who is taught such an approach , but given no opportunity to put it into practice . |
26 | A month later , Carina was taken home in a wheelchair , but given no chance of walking again . |
27 | Whittingham led the interceptors , attacking a Ju88 and a Ju87 , but seeing no result to his fire . |
28 | In 1769 he obtained a cadetship in the East India Company 's army at Madras , made the journey to India , but seeing no prospect of advancement there , returned to London via China . |
29 | He is there as the only one who fully understands the problems of both Elgar and his Wife , but plays no part in the other activities . |
30 | He was in residence mainly only at weekends , but entertained no guests . |