Example sentences of "but it [vb past] no [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did try on a couple of occasions to wind the engine up past the 5000rpm mark , where the torque curve begins to fall away rapidly , but it produced no more performance than was available by driving the car sensibly for economy . |
| 2 | Jezrael could see that her personal data was offering the captain a wide range of possibilities but it had no personal significance for Chesarynth 's little sister . |
| 3 | Fortunately , they were professional enough to do the gig , but it served no useful purpose . |
| 4 | The Financial Reporting Review Panel informed the company that substituting the proposed requirements of an exposure draft for those of an existing accounting standard was not acceptable ; but it took no further action , since FRS 3 was expected shortly . |
| 5 | As he drew near they heard the sickening crack of the rod striking flesh ; once , twice they heard it fall but it brought no anguished shout of pain in response . |
| 6 | But it started no religious fashions in post-war British fiction , which is rootedly secular , its heroes as unbelieving of a world beyond the grave as they are insecure in the only world they know . |