Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] no [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had had her pregnancy confirmed by the Medical Officer , who had decreed that she must henceforth do no more night duties . |
| 2 | If , for example , the idea is simply to produce text files that can then be passed on disk to a typesetting bureau you 'll probably need no more equipment than a basic word processing system . |
| 3 | There was something mysterious about him and she wanted to ask so many questions , but he had that locked-in look , so that even if she risked Salt 's caustic tongue and asked outright about how he 'd come to be a slave , what it was like in Jamaica , if Africa was full of cannibals and if he 'd eaten people , she 'd probably get no more than a few shrugs for answers . |
| 4 | A frequent or constant urge to urinate , which may be so strong you feel you may ‘ lose control ’ , even though you can actually pass no more than a few drops |
| 5 | Farmers are businessmen and since wages constitute a cost of production they will normally pay no more than prevailing conditions dictate . |