Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [pers pn] [verb] any [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 | Margaret tried them all , but none of them had any help for her . |
| 8 | Besides , none of them had any sense of humour and I ruined many a high-flown discussion by making jokes . |
| 9 | None of them raised any matter of substance and I need not consider them further . |
| 10 | The men in the Toms family support each other a great deal ; none of them show any disapproval of Sandy 's lifestyle . |
| 11 | None of them offered any distinction from its neighbour . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | None of them showed any interest , however , in debating the matter with her or with us . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | None of them has any connections here , not really ; they 're all bachelors ; at least , in a way . |
| 16 | Needless to say , with such a busy schedule none of them has any time for girlfriends . |
| 17 | None of them fit together , none of them makes any sense . |
| 18 | None of it brought any response from him . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | None of it made any sense . |
| 21 | None of it made any sense ! |
| 22 | But none of it made any difference . |
| 23 | It 's easy to be deceived into thinking none of it makes any sense but it does make sense : a strange , twisted , whimsical , surreal kind of sense . |
| 24 | I 'm a free man , and all that you hold dear , you rich men — and beggars too — none of it has any power over me . ’ |
| 25 | But none of you has any choice because you all have reserved seats . |
| 26 | ‘ In the beginning , ’ she said , ‘ when these children were uplifted , none of us had any idea what a national scandal we were dealing with . |
| 27 | It was then a question of waiting to be called up and none of us had any idea how long this would be . |
| 28 | and erm he was always talking about erm different types of lathe and chucks and things like that and er , none of us had any idea what he was |
| 29 | None of us had any idea what observation meant , but we had to write down a sentence or something we had noticed on our way to school . |
| 30 | I know that none of us has any choice about what we eat ; it 's all down to drainage , and some systems are obviously better than others . |