Example sentences of "[was/were] none of the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Whether the tactics of individual approach divided possible dissidents , or Alderman Reed 's fate terrified them , there was none of the anger or recalcitrance that had greeted the ‘ amicable grant ’ twenty years before . |
| 32 | There was none of the decay or rubble of the crowded villages along the Nile . |
| 33 | There was none of the fumbling of a man . |
| 34 | There was none of the constant supervision that you got in Holloway , just one officer on the house for twenty-two women , and no screw on at night , which absolutely amazed me . |
| 35 | There was none of the customary tearfulness , no hint of hand-wringing despair . |
| 36 | There was none of the relief which might have been gained from a change of stance . |
| 37 | When Mala switched off , there was none of the intimate cosiness of her last talk with Chertro . |
| 38 | I do n't know how high the pass was , but even with the sun casting long , black shadows , there was none of the fearsomeness of the journey we had made only that morning . |
| 39 | There was none of the hurry of Reading or Bristol . |
| 40 | There was none of the carelessness with which he usually waited for Twomey to bring him his glass . |
| 41 | In the drawing room there was none of the untidy , unmatched squalor that made the morning room a place where troubles or pleasures could have their breathing spaces . |
| 42 | The walls of both palace and hall were completely undecorated ; there was none of the intricate sculptural filigree normally embroidered on the stonework of early Islamic buildings . |
| 43 | They were made to wartime restrictions , wooden seats and erm mass produced really , erm there was none of the erm cushioned seats at all , that were a part of the feature during th before the war . |
| 44 | The house smelt damp , of course , and there was a thin layer of dust everywhere , but there was none of the squalor and decay she had feared . |
| 45 | There was none of the rancour which had marked the 1989 conference [ see pp. 36963-64 ] , and many commentators praised the organization 's success in redefining its role , as a champion of good government and human rights . |
| 46 | There was none of the humour you usually saw in it , and there was a fixed look about the eyes that I found almost frightening . |
| 47 | There was none of the clashing of iron , or stamping of horse that she had come to associate with both skirmish and battle , only an odd silence , save for the distant and familiar sound of a storm wind , and the voice of a flock of birds , coming closer … |
| 48 | There was none of the green lushness of mainland Italy here . |