Example sentences of "[ex0] [was/were] [not/n't] [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was not a weakness to be seen and no-one at the game would back against them ending a 26-year wait for the Championship . |
| 2 | The elegant chairs and sofas had gone ; there was not a flower to be seen and , where the gold curtain had been , there was a very ordinary and rather battered door , through which they were taken to Paul de Levantiére 's tiny , chaotic office . |
| 3 | After another couple of hair-raising bends , they entered the tiny village of Ham , where there was not a light to be seen . |
| 4 | There was not a soul to be seen on the pavements . |
| 5 | There was not a soul to be seen , and apart from a hammering noise echoing from somewhere distant , and an occasional coughing in a room to the back of the house , there is still no sound to be heard . |
| 6 | There was not a soul to be seen , which was hardly surprising , considering . |
| 7 | There was not a soul to be seen , though it was a weekend and the sun was shining after many days of rain . |
| 8 | Well , that raises the old question — or might raise it , if there was not an answer to it-of Lampleigh v. Brathwait ( above , p. 200 ) , a subject of great interest to every scientific lawyer , as to whether a past service will support a promise . |
| 9 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to actually damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding , corporate statements can evidence the fact that there have been poor profits during all these years … |
| 10 | There was n't a seagull to be seen Maggie suddenly realized . |
| 11 | Thankfully , there was n't a table to be had , but her run of luck — bad luck , that was — seemed to be holding . |
| 12 | From where they were there was n't a soul to be seen — certainly no other campers . |
| 13 | There was n't a star to be seen in the sky . |
| 14 | There was n't a cup to be found . |
| 15 | She said : ‘ There was n't a place to be found in Redcar for him , and finding a private flat or bedsit for someone with little funds is very difficult . |
| 16 | Sally , area organiser of the King George V Fund for Sailors , said : ‘ For the same event last year , there was n't a seat to be had , but this year we are having trouble selling tickets . ’ |