Example sentences of "[was/were] no [noun sg] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only later did Oliver Michaels come back with the sobering news that the hotel was strangely full of policemen , that there was no breakfast to be had save for coffee and muffins , without a trek to the Albion Hotel , and moreover there was thought to be something odd about Sir Thomas 's death which no one would specify . |
| 2 | ‘ Tell Bella that Sam 's all right , ’ he said to his old friend , in the old friendly tone , because there was no other to be found . |
| 3 | But there was no defence to be made out for the people she 'd met today . |
| 4 | ‘ When we got to the green , there was no ball to be seen . |
| 5 | There was no battleship to be seen and the only kangaroo in the place was the dead one mounted on the wall . |
| 6 | The three teams ' fixtures would be rescheduled for Sunday , May 9 , with the same kick-off time so there was no advantage to be gained . |
| 7 | Briefly he wondered if it could be true , and realised that there was no way to be sure . |
| 8 | There was no way to be comfortable on it , and even movement was risky because the old leather was cracking like dry parchment . |
| 9 | As far as Maxim could see nobody followed George through the fading damp light back to Albany , although there was no way to be sure and less way of knowing if he was followed himself not over such a short and crowded distance . |
| 10 | Plenty of times I 'm sure he stayed out only to avoid Mum 's sharp tongue because there was no work to be had for any of the men . |
| 11 | It was no day to be out , but I had an appointment to keep . |
| 12 | When the head of the Commissioners , Sir Malcolm Trustram Eve , who was no man to be trifled with , arrived a few days after the Commissioners approved the expenditure , the butler Alexander showed him the restoration already complete . |
| 13 | Oh no you used to used to go to different to different to dig graves in different churches where there was no man to be out to dig a grave |
| 14 | Although there was no moon to be seen it was far from totally dark ; the sea vas dimly luminescent while shapes and shadows defined the land . |
| 15 | There was no union to be consulted , no time and a half or double time to be considered . |
| 16 | This time there was no money to be won , and before term finished he went to see his professor , William Fleming . |
| 17 | It was no night to be out in if one had a choice . |
| 18 | Because it was no use to the farmer , there was no water to be seen there , and I thought I could do it with my own garden tools , and so once I 'd removed all the rough brambles and so on and discovered the periphery of the old pond |
| 19 | Had she known it , there was no peace to be disturbed . |
| 20 | He had also brought a chess manual , because he had heard that children could play chess brilliantly , but after ski-ing with Sam for a few days he decided that there was no call to be beaten by a five-year-old at two things at once . |
| 21 | And this elder Edmund , their uncle , he was no child to be held in fosterage , but a young man of power and property and ambition . |
| 22 | On the days when he used to leave her a note in the morning she knew well enough that there was no good to be hoped for in replying to it . |
| 23 | Everyone was hungry , but there was no food to be had for it had floated out of the village shop and away . |
| 24 | There was no reason to be afraid ; on the contrary , he was delighted . |
| 25 | Of course the girl was gauche and tactless , but that was no reason to be unkind . |
| 26 | There was no reason to be frightened of Julius ! she told herself over and over again . |
| 27 | He had come to realise she was no puppet to be manipulated . |
| 28 | It was no crime to be ambitious and greedy . |
| 29 | Clearly there was no justice to be had , even from heaven . |
| 30 | Carolyn leaned to the far side of each window , but there was no greenhouse to be seen . |