Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They were ‘ volunteers ’ who between them had vast experience of how ‘ Maranyl ’ was manufactured on our five extrusion systems at Billingham .
2 None of them took any notice of Darwin , but the feathers and fossils aroused mild interest .
3 None of them made any concessions to the local Muslim culture .
4 None of them shed any tears over Riddle . ’
5 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 ’ :
6 They none of them had much money , but the Bouveries had a house , for which they did not have to pay rent .
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 had direct experience of retail tariff-making and they were to find most of their initiatives on tariffs blocked by the Area Board chairmen .
10 None of them raised any matter of substance and I need not consider them further .
11 Oh , they 'll be back , they 've none of them got that sort of money .
12 None of them offered any distinction from its neighbour .
13 None of them showed any interest , however , in debating the matter with her or with us .
14 None of it brought any response from him .
15 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 .
16 None of it made any sense .
17 None of it made any sense !
18 But none of it made any difference .
19 Although there was a flurry of Jacobite plotting and conspiracy in the period 1689 – 97 , none of it stood much chance of success .
20 But apart from Charlie , none of us had high expectations ; we had a combination of miserable expectations and wild hopes .
21 ‘ In the beginning , ’ she said , ‘ when these children were uplifted , none of us had any idea what a national scandal we were dealing with .
22 It was then a question of waiting to be called up and none of us had any idea how long this would be .
23 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
24 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 .
25 What about I said this number .
26 And what about I bought some revision books and things study aids or something for Amanda for her English literature
27 And what about I bought some revision books and things study aids or something for Amanda for her English literature
28 Lots of them tried several times before succeeding .
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