Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb past] no [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I saw no other way out : I did n't know if I would ever have a chance again . ’ |
| 2 | But I had no such indication regarding the black population . |
| 3 | We 'd made three or four visits to the area to look around before we finally moved down , but I had no real idea what was happening . |
| 4 | I often mourn the passing of the treacle barrel because molasses was a good medicine for cattle , but I had no great hopes this time . |
| 5 | you have n't got any hot water at the moment that 's why I said that should well I would have thought he did it but you got no hot water then that should keep going until the water stops . |
| 6 | She now turned her smile on Millie , but she received no answering smile , only a stare from what she thought were those very odd grey eyes . |
| 7 | Her eyelids flickered , but she made no other sign . |
| 8 | I am all right , she said , I am fine , but she made no further attempt to rise . |
| 9 | ‘ But she had no legal claim to it … ’ |
| 10 | She supposed that if she were normal , she would be hoping for what was known as a ‘ nice boy ’ to come along , but she had no such faith . |
| 11 | Ann thought it unseemly to kiss her husband in public , but she had no such reservations as far as her son was concerned , and hugged him tight , choking on her words as she whispered to him to take care of himself . |
| 12 | But she had no satisfactory answer to that . |
| 13 | Again Jess tried to wrench her ankle out of his grasp , but she had no more chance of freeing herself than a snared rabbit . |
| 14 | But she had no more time for abstract thoughts . |
| 15 | The physical contact was pleasing enough , but she felt no sexual arousal . |
| 16 | We laboured for her because we liked her , but she tolerated no lazy work : she was a perfectionist and she had taste , insisting on only the best materials , which was unusual in the suburbs , where Victorian or Edwardian houses were generally smashed open and stripped bare , only to be filled with chipboard and Formica . |
| 17 | It took time for her to find out , but she needed no other evidence than her eyes to tell her Ferdinando had lost interest in the pretty maid . |
| 18 | Theda 's lips whitened , but she gave no other sign of the distress this label caused her . |
| 19 | We had realism in EastEnders and comedy in Coronation Street — but we had no soapy saga for kids , about kids and their problems . |
| 20 | Our review also attempted to discern any correlation between RP and individual histological features , primarily those considered to be indicators of classic Crohn 's disease , but we found no such associations . |
| 21 | But they had no low dose folic acid supplements . |
| 22 | Many of the imperial electors wished to be free from Staufen domination , but they had no constructive plans beyond this goal . |
| 23 | But they had no practical experience you see . |
| 24 | In supporting the king 's right to Aquitaine , the nobility were seeking to maintain his honour and his inheritance , but they had no personal interests there to safeguard . |
| 25 | ‘ Clearly the members of the UGC had some informal qualitative knowledge of the relative research strategies of different university departments , but they had no systematic evidence to support these views . |
| 26 | They did give me the name of the hospital Salome was in and the taller one told me that the accident had happened ‘ just off the M20 near Wrotham ’ , but they had no more details , they were just running errands for the Kent police . |
| 27 | The question of work discipline was often raised by the respondents but they supplied no easy answers . |
| 28 | Izzie stood up , ready to play again , but they wanted no more dances . |
| 29 | " It 's not far now , lads , " the corporal chirped from the rear , but he struck no responsive chords in the toiling group . |
| 30 | But he felt no emotional objection to republicanism ; he merely doubted its efficiency . |