Example sentences of "no [noun sg] [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two brothers were very close and no writer I can think of has such a hatred of death as Canetti . |
| 2 | There 's nothing there at all so there 's no stock they can sell , they 've shut down I expect . |
| 3 | If it does , there is no institution which can intervene to regulate the practice except the police . |
| 4 | Consequently , there is no test I can perform , comparable to dissolving oxides in water , and so on , to give me the right to say something looks white . |
| 5 | Mm when you can hear the telephone like that in here , there 's no wonder you can hear the rest of them |
| 6 | No wonder he can afford to live in Ploughman 's Lane . |
| 7 | No wonder I can cope with the pattern which beat your mother . |
| 8 | Tom Shone , writing in the Sunday Times , was also struck far from dumb by Mr Meades ' novel : ‘ This novel bristles , like a Swiss army knife , with an array of pre-emptive critical barbs , with the result that there 's no abuse you can hurl at it which it has n't already hurled at itself . |
| 9 | Denis Smith says there 's no match you can bank on for points but as long as they get results they do n't care where they come from . |
| 10 | The fact he had not come into the kitchen meant he felt unwanted , and this brought Faye in with , " And there is no place we can talk in this house now . |
| 11 | There 's no place you can go that I ca n't follow . ’ |
| 12 | Monica and her baby are living in one shitty room , with no place she can cook or anything . |
| 13 | She had sought £43 million but outside the court she said : ‘ There 's no price you can put on this . |
| 14 | That that again , if you if you were able to say that 's gon na happen , that will that will that must be given priority , but there 's no guarantee they can find it . |
| 15 | Well , no chance I can tell you now . |
| 16 | I have visited many countries in the world and can think of no other which can compare with Burma for the permeation of its cultural and social life with religion . |
| 17 | It may seem unnecessary to add : if given a choice , do not attempt to answer a question that you do not understand ( unless , of course , your plight is such that there is no other you can do instead ) . |
| 18 | There is no other I can trust , ’ said Llewelyn , ‘ as I trust you . ’ |
| 19 | There is no hole I can stop |
| 20 | If they are rich , they can spend more on it , and will ; but there is no calculus which can tell us the optimum amount that we ought to spend on education , any more than on the relief of suffering and the cure of the sick , or on the arts . |
| 21 | For no reason I can think of , a mutual dislike had arisen . |
| 22 | ‘ No reason I can think of , but why tell me ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ No reason I can see not to try the goulash . ’ |
| 24 | But I 've no idea what can prepare you for Father 's reactions . |
| 25 | Now accordingly to your application form here er you you 've no problem you can start |
| 26 | No problem you can have him . |
| 27 | and he said ah no problem I can order it for you if you 'd like me to so I said I would and he said he 'd phone me when er |
| 28 | Given moron-free attention at a proper gig , no doubt they can shine . |
| 29 | There 's no doubt they can help enormously , but in a country like Zambia , with 50 per cent of its population crammed into urban areas , there 's always going to be someone tempted by the rich pickings of poaching . |
| 30 | But no doubt we can return to these matters if the honourable gentleman raises them further in the course of the debate . |