Example sentences of "nor [vb past] [pron] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor did they see any future in piecemeal political reform of the autocracy . |
| 2 | Briggs and Nebes ( 1976 ) found no effect of familial handedness but nor did they find any effect of handedness per se . |
| 3 | Nor did they have any preconceptions about his personality or politics . |
| 4 | She did not actually concentrate on the birds which happened to be there , nor did she feel any desire to feel them or encourage them to come near her — but she was quite able to relax knowing that they were there in the background . |
| 5 | She had not sat down to breakfast , preferring to eat a handful of dry Puffkins while she sought her shoes , nor did she utter any words of affectionate farewell , not being one for dissimulation . |
| 6 | Jones ' record of that meeting notes that ‘ None of these dates were questioned or challenged by Fleischmann and Pons or anyone present , nor did anyone raise any questions about the proposal-review process . |
| 7 | Spemann and Mangold 's discovery of the organizer did not come as a surprise to Spemann , nor did it involve any element of luck . |
| 8 | He saw no evidence that the German Socialists were either willing or able to restrain Prussian ambitions , nor did he place any faith in bourgeois internationalism . |
| 9 | But Kuzmitch alleged that Blake told him nothing about his work for MI6 nor did he give any indication that he was ardently pro-Communist . |
| 10 | The stark desire in his face threatened to take what strength she had left , nor did he make any attempt to hide the blatant response of his body to that consuming , passionate kiss , continuing to hold her so tightly that she could feel him with every part of her being , could still taste him inside her mouth . |
| 11 | Here I must admit to a certain prejudice , in that much as I admired Chapman 's engineering brilliance — it was intuitive , radical , lateral-thinking and extremely sharp — I did not share , then or now , the belief that Colin was a constructor in the class of Enzo Ferrari , nor did I feel any faith in him as a man or a leader of men . |
| 12 | Nor did I bear any ill-will against my poor mother , though she had brought me up in error , innocently ignorant of what she was doing to my psyche . |
| 13 | He had neither remained discreetly silent , nor had he made any attempt to explain in public the reasons for his resignation . |
| 14 | Nor had he had any reason to complain about the security measures surrounding visitors to the base . |
| 15 | But Liz had never mentioned that Ross was so staggeringly good-looking ; nor had she made any reference to his devastating physical impact , although , to be fair , since both she and her cousin had only just finished taking their final college examinations , they 'd hardly been able to spend any time together before the wedding . |
| 16 | On this occasion I had neither heard nor seen the tigress , nor had I received any indication from bird or beast of her presence , and yet I knew , without any shadow of doubt , that she was lying up for me among the rocks . |