Example sentences of "[pron] of they [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 | Lots of them tried several times before succeeding . |