Example sentences of "[coord] not a [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A banker without money is like a doctor without pills ’ , commented American banker George Wood some 25 years ago , but a recent question for some banks recently was whether or not a judge in Chancery would dispense a ruling in their favour . |
| 2 | ‘ And not a porter in sight . |
| 3 | Hatchards in Piccadilly was crammed to bursting with authors last Wednesday for its Authors of the Year reception , the annual event the bookshop stages to enable authors to get together with each other , and not a publisher in sight . |
| 4 | Go up Road , and from there turn down Follyhouse Lane the continuation of it and you 'd come right to the Dales and nothing at all from there to West Bromwich , and you could see , if you go over one stile from one field then onto another and then brook that now runs through the Road there , that used to be a little country brook that run across the golf course and there was a little stile over it , a little bridge and a stile , then you go straight up to Dells common and not a house in sight . |
| 5 | Green fields , a coppice of trees , and not a roof in sight . |
| 6 | You would n't see anybody walking round these big buildings and not a soul in sight . |
| 7 | One morning he also opened up the building , went upstairs and came down and there was these fresh footprints on a part of the building which he had n't been at that time and he , like myself , looked all over the building and not a soul in sight . |
| 8 | It was rather a loveless heart , the guts were dagging , and the cunt was the driest coldest and most shrivelled of cunts , if indeed cunt it was and not an asshole in disguise . |
| 9 | There is no baby Jesus , no three wise men and not an angel in sight on the cards sent out by these famous names . |
| 10 | This exemption was not excluded by para 15(3) ( ba ) , Sch 6 since the ‘ property ’ was shares and not an interest in possession . |
| 11 | ‘ But not a chance in hell , old boy , of overturning it , ’ the refrain went . |
| 12 | There are various types of head plumage , from thatch via greaseball to natural skin tone , but not a hat in sight . |
| 13 | There were a dozen or so cars parked near the entrance , including the Marshal 's small van , but not a soul in sight . |