Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Nothing for us knocking each others ' doors at nights about midnight coming for a swim and we 'd all go down . |
2 | Their main source of information was meter reading , which , of course , told them nothing about what purposes domestic electricity was used for , and , more importantly for their costs , about what times of day it was used . |
3 | For example , an increase in the economy 's total output tells us nothing about who receives that output . |
4 | He dodged between the startled shoppers , none of whom made any attempt to stop him . |
5 | Her embarrassment continued when she was introduced to a procession of Korean shop workers , none of whom spoke any English . |
6 | Mercier and Baker ( 1985 ) ( see also Baker and Mercier 1982a ) report the results of an extensive and thorough series of experiments ( using the conditioned suppression procedure and a clicker and a light as the stimuli ) , none of which yielded any indication that the S1-S2 procedure diminished the magnitude of latent inhibition . |
7 | But times change and the only locally based fishing-boats now fish for scallops , crabs and lobsters , none of which produce any offal or discards . |
8 | Barbara Rashbass , director of the foundation , says that charitable bodies are entitled to decide how to allocate their funds and that unsuccessful applicants are free to apply for support from other medical research charities , none of which has similar restrictions . |
9 | ‘ None of which has any relevance to you , ’ said the woman , ‘ but it 's nice and polite of you to listen . ’ |
10 | The four cardinal metaphors are the four foundations of physical science ( space , time , matter and number ) ; none of which has any objective , external status , rather they are ‘ creations of the mind ’ . |
11 | It is set at the junction of four minor lanes , none of which has any indications of antiquity . |
12 | None of them took any notice of Darwin , but the feathers and fossils aroused mild interest . |
13 | None of them made any concessions to the local Muslim culture . |
14 | None of them shed any tears over Riddle . ’ |
15 | 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 ’ : |
16 | 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 . " |
17 | 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 . " |
18 | They none of them had much money , but the Bouveries had a house , for which they did not have to pay rent . |
19 | Margaret tried them all , but none of them had any help for her . |
20 | Besides , none of them had any sense of humour and I ruined many a high-flown discussion by making jokes . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | None of them yield easy climbs , the approaches being rough and the summits gained over pathless terrain liberally endowed with cliffs . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | None of them raised any matter of substance and I need not consider them further . |
25 | Oh , they 'll be back , they 've none of them got that sort of money . |
26 | The men in the Toms family support each other a great deal ; none of them show any disapproval of Sandy 's lifestyle . |
27 | None of them offered any distinction from its neighbour . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | British law comprises thousands of separate statutes and decided cases : none of them give unqualified support to freedom of expression . |
30 | 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 . |