Example sentences of "[adv] but [verb] no " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ring is yellow coloured on the outside , silver inside but carries no hallmark . |
| 2 | Six fighters then passed over but made no attempt to strafe . |
| 3 | Thirty armed police hunting Magee raided the Wisteria Hotel , Cliftonville , near Margate in Kent , yesterday but found no trace of him . |
| 4 | Seven Hurricanes were sent off but made no contact . |
| 5 | He thought he 'd been there once but had no idea now . |
| 6 | She had been silent , resisting Scathach powerfully but uttering no sound . |
| 7 | The task facing the Supreme Commander changed abruptly and fundamentally but became no easier . |
| 8 | He pulled the shirt on but made no effort to button it . |
| 9 | The method is perfectly structured internally but has no necessary connection to anything outside itself ; there is no analytical purchase on it from without . |
| 10 | Pluto showed up but made no contact . |
| 11 | Since it first met 15 months ago , the council has spent £732 000 setting itself up but seems no nearer completing its task of replacing the ineffectual Council of Engineering Institutions in such areas as improving engineering education , taking over registration of engineers and improving the status of the profession . |
| 12 | They said afterwards that Mr Patten listened sympathetically but gave no specific response . |
| 13 | She eased her chair back but made no move to stand up , filling the silence with small talk as he crouched down , his head twisted at an angle to peer underneath her desk . |
| 14 | Wendy tried to call him back but got no reply . |
| 15 | Sunday Today started alongside Today but made no mark . |
| 16 | Shanks was married twice but had no children . |
| 17 | Bobo was doing all of the signing and collecting all of the fruit , while Fifi watched each transaction anxiously but made no effort to communicate . |
| 18 | Xenakis in town again but made no effort to see him . |
| 19 | He felt rather than saw the two girls glance at him appraisingly but took no notice . |
| 20 | He returned shortly afterwards but gave no indication to anyone of who had phoned . |