Example sentences of "without more [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 So the mantle fell on the second son , John , then 23 years old ; without more ado , he set off over the bridge into the Market Place , across to the George , and signed up for the infantry .
32 So without more ado , I gratefully include what she entitled ‘ Salute to Rachel , Margaret and Tim ’ .
33 Yes ! ’ and slap in a request for marriage leave without more ado .
34 But this language game ( the concept of the red visual impression ) is parasitic on the one in which one reacts , without more ado , to ‘ What colour is it ? ’ with ‘ Red ’ .
35 You do better to hang me from mango tree without more ado about nothing . "
36 Then , without more ado , he turned on his heel and left , slamming the door behind him .
37 If someone wants to become a shareholder and the company wants him to , he will be entered on the register and issued with a share certificate without more ado .
38 Without more ado , the coroner began to finger the carving of the figure of-Death , probing and pressing it .
39 But she was not a business executive for nothing , and , since it went without saying that the time he could spare her from his day was limited , she placed the buff folder down upon the desk and without more ado began , ‘ The Palmer & Pearson file .
40 ‘ We 'd better go back to the car , ’ he announced , and , without more ado placed a hand beneath her elbow and guided her back to his car .
41 This is ridiculous ! she fumed crossly , and without more ado snatched up her toilet-bag and went to her door and listened .
42 He waited with roused senses for what would come next ; and what came was so transparent that he had hard work not to laugh , and set out without more ado to take every advantage of a stratagem that would not have fooled a child in arms .
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