Example sentences of "no [noun] [prep] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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No Sentence
1 Nothing could reduce its probability , and hence there could be no reasons for supposing it false .
2 Whoa , old girl , ’ soothed Ted , when he saw that even with all his weight pulling on the halter , there was no hope of saving her that way .
3 No harm in making it clear what her feelings were about the architect .
4 They asked if he was cheating and decided that if he was able to do his work so well , there was no harm in giving him some more .
5 Tim had no intention of telling her that .
6 It appeared that Josh Cohen had no intention of giving them any trouble — just as Hardy had predicted .
7 These will probably be things that they would have kept as a matter of course in their store cupboard in earlier days , but have gradually dropped off their shopping list as they grew older and only had themselves to cook for ; so there is no question of giving them new ideas — only trying to revive old ones , which may tempt them to prepare more varied and nourishing meals to achieve a balanced diet .
8 Well there 's no point in bringing them in-house then because the people need them at their homes
9 There 's no point in telling him that , because he 'll just refuse to pay them .
10 The troubles of the spirit are not always translated into the grosser medium of the flesh , but if I could not make this transfer with Miller then there would be no point in making him ill in the first place .
11 For the time being it 's a convenient argument and there 's no point in pressing him further .
12 I did n't kill him and to was no point in giving them any more to gossip about . ’
13 I could see no reason for keeping me alive .
14 He had no way of carrying them all off , but two of the volumes were dated to cover the period of the insulin project as Diane had described it .
15 She must waste no time in putting him right .
16 Do you know I lay awake for a little while last night and came to the conclusion that I had no grounds for thinking him old or frumpy ?
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