Example sentences of "no [adj -er] [conj] a [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tiny black wallet no bigger than a child 's hand . |
| 2 | ‘ What seems now a cloud no bigger than a man 's hand could turn out to be yet another inflationary and political storm for a government that could do without either . ’ |
| 3 | In time , a cloud no bigger than a man 's hand produced a thunderstorm . |
| 4 | Burun cursed , and Rostov saw that the straw circle had been moved back and turned sideways so that it was no wider than a man 's forearm . |
| 5 | To make sure , he altered his usual route , ducking down alleys no wider than a donkey 's girth , slipping across little squares where five ways met . |