Example sentences of "none [prep] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 None of them took any notice of Darwin , but the feathers and fossils aroused mild interest .
2 None of them made any concessions to the local Muslim culture .
3 None of them shed any tears over Riddle . ’
4 Harry felt as if he had heard or read them all before , in one form or another , and none of them shed any light on what had struck Mrs Diamond as ‘ not right ’ :
5 Of the monumental stones he writes " However the knowledge of their general existence may " be interesting , there is nothing in them , individually considered , to call for a particular description , " and of the islands in the lochs he says " Similar remains , situated in the same manner , are seen at Loch Finlaggan ; but none of them present any interest to detain either the painter or the antiquary . "
6 Of the monumental stones he writes " However the knowledge of their general existence may " be interesting , there is nothing in them , individually considered , to call for a particular description , " and of the islands in the lochs he says " Similar remains , situated in the same manner , are seen at Loch Finlaggan ; but none of them present any interest to detain either the painter or the antiquary . "
7 They none of them had much money , but the Bouveries had a house , for which they did not have to pay rent .
8 Margaret tried them all , but none of them had any help for her .
9 Besides , none of them had any sense of humour and I ruined many a high-flown discussion by making jokes .
10 None of them had direct experience of retail tariff-making and they were to find most of their initiatives on tariffs blocked by the Area Board chairmen .
11 None of them yield easy climbs , the approaches being rough and the summits gained over pathless terrain liberally endowed with cliffs .
12 But none of them does full justice to the purpose of Scripture as set out by the Bible writers themselves , or to the cumulative experience of Bible users through the centuries .
13 None of them raised any matter of substance and I need not consider them further .
14 Oh , they 'll be back , they 've none of them got that sort of money .
15 The men in the Toms family support each other a great deal ; none of them show any disapproval of Sandy 's lifestyle .
16 None of them offered any distinction from its neighbour .
17 But when she 'd arrived the boat had been deserted and , as darkness had gradually obscured first the surrounding countryside and then the outlines of neighbouring boats , none of them showing any lights , she had become just a little anxious .
18 British law comprises thousands of separate statutes and decided cases : none of them give unqualified support to freedom of expression .
19 Three rivers rise in these uplands , the Nene , Welland and Avon , but none of them carries much water before they drain eastward and westward off the plateau , and the total water supply available for canal development in the area was never adequate .
20 None of them commands much loyalty amongst the other provinces and each effectively rules an independent state .
21 None of them showed any interest , however , in debating the matter with her or with us .
22 And none of them have any ideas when it comes to deciding what game they should play — until wise old owl finally saves the day and comes up with the answer .
23 None of them has any connections here , not really ; they 're all bachelors ; at least , in a way .
24 Needless to say , with such a busy schedule none of them has any time for girlfriends .
25 None of them fit together , none of them makes any sense .
26 Everything and something and nothing are all logically interlinked and none of them makes clear sense without the others .
27 None of it brought any response from him .
28 And she thought , as she stood there with Rosie , Susie , Katie , Isabel , Janice and Heather , that none of it mattered , none of it had any importance , in view of the fact that she was going .
29 None of it made any sense .
30 None of it made any sense !
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