Example sentences of "was none of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was none of the so-called obscenity — real sex shops and real sex films or honest free-trading prostitutes of either sex , or any allied pleasurable activities : the scourge of the righteous . |
| 2 | There was none of the disappointment , none of the tragic pretence and exclusion that accompanied the reunion of Jacob and Esau . |
| 3 | There was none of the familiar denunciations against the West and no talk of replacing the system with an Islamic state . |
| 4 | But there was none of the bad feeling that marred last year 's contest at the end of the race and each crew cheering the other . |
| 5 | In part , it can thank the huge cost of cement works which meant there was none of the rush of new entrants in the boom . |
| 6 | There was none of the country bumpkin about this young miss . |
| 7 | Unlike many disagreements within bands , it did not relate to Charman 's actual playing and there was none of the usual ‘ musical differences ’ . |
| 8 | There was none of the careful preparation and gradual introduction which usually precedes the adoption of a child beyond infancy . |
| 9 | They were becoming very tired , and when they came back from their missions there was none of the former exuberance if everyone returned safely , and just fatalistic shoulder-shrugging if someone was lost . |
| 10 | There was none of the violence of illness in it , no writhing or moaning , and it was never impatient or irritable when Kalchu tried to feed it or probed it for sores . |
| 11 | On landing there was none of the Spanish bureaucracy we 'd been expecting — you just need your passport number for the fuel bill . |
| 12 | There was none of the agonizing and guilt over money we all went through . |
| 13 | Much of this picture has been surmised from the pioneering excavation of Old Hangleton by Mr Holden : surprisingly , given the common image of medieval squalor , there was none of the rubbish which is usually so rich a ground for archaeologists . |
| 14 | There was none of the back-slapping and encouragement the President-elect enjoyed when he toured US hamburger joints . |
| 15 | There was none of the coy evasion of most women in her , he was thinking ; and went on as if she had not spoken . |
| 16 | Bowe 's margin of victory was so clear that when he and Holyfield were dragged off each other at the final bell , there was none of the tension that normally accumulates during the counting of the score card . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , he also clearly implied that it was none of the legate 's business . |
| 18 | He had thus seldom been cooler or more controlled than now , as he told McGann that yes indeed he had been travelling , and no , it was none of the Society 's business where or about what pursuit . |
| 19 | Whether the tactics of individual approach divided possible dissidents , or Alderman Reed 's fate terrified them , there was none of the anger or recalcitrance that had greeted the ‘ amicable grant ’ twenty years before . |
| 20 | There was none of the decay or rubble of the crowded villages along the Nile . |
| 21 | There was none of the fumbling of a man . |
| 22 | There was none of the constant supervision that you got in Holloway , just one officer on the house for twenty-two women , and no screw on at night , which absolutely amazed me . |
| 23 | There was none of the customary tearfulness , no hint of hand-wringing despair . |
| 24 | There was none of the relief which might have been gained from a change of stance . |
| 25 | When Mala switched off , there was none of the intimate cosiness of her last talk with Chertro . |
| 26 | I do n't know how high the pass was , but even with the sun casting long , black shadows , there was none of the fearsomeness of the journey we had made only that morning . |
| 27 | There was none of the hurry of Reading or Bristol . |
| 28 | There was none of the carelessness with which he usually waited for Twomey to bring him his glass . |
| 29 | In the drawing room there was none of the untidy , unmatched squalor that made the morning room a place where troubles or pleasures could have their breathing spaces . |
| 30 | The walls of both palace and hall were completely undecorated ; there was none of the intricate sculptural filigree normally embroidered on the stonework of early Islamic buildings . |