Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] no [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ? |
| 2 | I make no real apology for such academicism but 1 will offer an explanation . |
| 3 | My main solace is being able to write down ( I expect no instant adoration ) my feelings , isolation , experiences , attitudes , in prose or poetry on paper — a safety valve . |
| 4 | Counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants today does not accept the reason for those delays , but , as that is not central to the issue before this court , I say no more about it . |
| 5 | I say no more than that . |
| 6 | But I want no concealed bugs — they 'll probably think of that . |
| 7 | " I want no cheap tarts masquerading as ladies . |
| 8 | I want no pompous official tours of my unit , you understand ? |
| 9 | I 've been at a desk for years ; I want no more of it and I told them . |
| 10 | I want no more of it . |
| 11 | No , I 'm sorry , Julia , I want no more to do with her , sister or not . ’ |
| 12 | I want no more fighting or I might have to fight what shall I do with you ? |
| 13 | ‘ I want no further advice from you , Ellen Dean , ’ said Mr Edgar coldly . |
| 14 | I want no light absolution . |
| 15 | I hold no specific brief for the Baxter scheme , but it has attempted to demonstrate that alternative schemes could be produced that would retain the Government 's proposal for a terminus — an interchange — at King 's Cross , but states that the plan would be more satisfactory if it were achieved without creating an enormous hole in the ground which British Rail proposes , with all the consequent destruction of homes , jobs and local neighbourhood . |
| 16 | I hold no strong views myself , but I do wonder what the lady would have done had the man produced from his bowler hat a valid membership card . |
| 17 | I hold no brief for Britain in this war , but now I 'm convinced Germany 's no better . |
| 18 | I can assure you , I hold no brief for these wretched people , but as I said , I have had some experience — ’ |
| 19 | I hope no more will die . ’ |
| 20 | In the letter he said ‘ If I hear no more about him , I consider the horse mine . ’ |
| 21 | I thought at one time Didi and I would get along well enough , but , after finding my sweet , simple , clumsy , courageous , honest , fiery … ’ his voice dropped to a husky whisper ‘ … beautiful , passionate Sagittarian , I know no other woman would have satisfied me . ’ |
| 22 | … a set of men who live by death and never care to appear but at the End of Man 's Life … their Business is to watch Death , and to furnish out the Funeral Solemnity , with as much pomp and feigned sorrow as the Heirs or Successors of the Deceased chose to purchase : They are a hard-hearted Generation , and require more money than Brains to conduct their Business ; I know no one Qualification peculiarly necessary to them , except that is a steady , demure and melancholy Countenance at Command : I do not know , that they take Apprentices in their Capacity as Undertakers , for they are generally Carpenters , or Herald-Painters besides ; and they only employ , as Journeymen , a set of Men whom they have picked up , possessed of a sober Countenance , and a solemn melancholy Face , whom they pay at so much a Jobb . |
| 23 | I know no personal cause to spurn at him , |
| 24 | I know no personal cause to spurn at him , |
| 25 | ‘ I know no such thing , ’ she says indignantly . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not probing , you know , Joe , but we 've been together months now , nine of them , in fact , and I know no more about you now than on the day we met , except that you come from the wilds of Northumberland . |
| 27 | Fact is , Harrison , I know no more about it than you do . |
| 28 | ‘ I know no more than you , Corbett . |
| 29 | I say they must have got the knowledge from him somehow , by what manner of deception I know no more than you . |
| 30 | He just cracks up , I tell you what I can sit there two things I like no three . |