Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] [vb past] no " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wright J. held that the agent who had no general occupation as an agent , who normally bought and sold goods on his own account and who was the agent for only the one principal , was nevertheless a mercantile agent . |
| 2 | Understandably , he was curious as to the reason for my enquiries , so I told him you were a distant relative , a spinster who had no other relatives and who might wish to get in touch with him . |
| 3 | A tall , dark figure who had no pole moved amongst them issuing commands , and slowly the flatboat drew over to the bank . |
| 4 | Christians have regarded the Messiah as non-political — a wholly spiritual figure who posed no challenge to temporal authority , who had no secular or political aspirations himself , who beckoned his followers to a kingdom ‘ not of this world ’ . |
| 5 | Instead , communities were always approached initially through persons encountered directly or indirectly in the course of everyday living who had no institutional status in the communities , but were members of them . |
| 6 | Unlike Leeds ' evil hardcore who had no such media approval . |
| 7 | It was clear that Albert had been overruled by his committee who had no intention of being deflected from the TUC 's forthcoming national day of action . |
| 8 | He was a tall , heavy-built almost surly type who spoke no English ; all I could do was listen patiently , smile , and offer a small but polite salute on departure . |
| 9 | Yet some twelve months after I had graduated , I was now having my first interview with my chief constable who had no idea what I had studied or what result I had achieved . |
| 10 | an old man and a boy who exchanged no words |
| 11 | I felt even more fearful than usual faced with this clever inquisitive boy who showed no further desire to undo my blouse and who was only interested in the incongruity of my relationship with Syl . |
| 12 | To herself Annabel thought that it would n't interfere with the running of the Universe if enough money could be found somewhere for the university fees and accommodation for Eve Malone , the child who had no home except the big bleak convent with the heavy iron gates . |
| 13 | ‘ It was done by a child who saw no end to his nightmare other than this … ’ |
| 14 | This time she wrote directly to the Queen who raised no objections to the request . |
| 15 | With Gary she enjoyed a relationship she had never experienced with anyone else — the easy-going friendship of a male who made no demands whatever on her — and it meant more to her than she had realised . |
| 16 | When the teller announced the Magharba vote at 1235 , implying a Magharba majority , the Zuwaya immediately protested that Magharba were present who had no right to vote : after a check of identity cards some men left and they began the vote again , this time counting both groups of supporters as they passed behind their goals . |
| 17 | For the other three bodies the problem was the same : either the districts ( for Primitive Methodists ) or the individual chapels ( for Congregationalists and Baptists ) allowed men into the ministry who had no academic qualifications . |
| 18 | The boot that initially led the way , Karrimor 's K-SB3 , was the product of a completely fresh approach to boot making by a team led by an electronic engineer who had no preconceived ideas . |
| 19 | The sort who stood no nonsense , thought Juliet , and she could imagine her as a ward sister . |
| 20 | It felt as though the tree he was sitting in and the green leaves all around him belonged to another world altogether and that he was a trespasser who had no right to be where he was . |
| 21 | Foresters of fee who held no land of the king relied on the dues they exacted from the forest inhabitants as their recompense for guarding vert and venison : the temptation to extortion was great . |
| 22 | A thief who sought no profit from his actions ? ’ |
| 23 | The incomers were all , Alexei saw , minor members of the court who had no invitations . |
| 24 | If someone were to work part time for a corner shop keeper who had no other employees there would be no way of collecting tax at that employment . |
| 25 | A heartless , power-hungry dolt who had no grasp whatsoever of what chivalry meant had brought the order to its knees , reduced its paladins to figures of ridicule . |
| 26 | One lad with us , a genuine Cockney , finished up by explaining to this ( probably normally ) mild-mannered Italian who spoke no English at all that we could n't pay because we were ‘ borassic ’ . |
| 27 | The central problem developed when the participatory nature of ritual was destroyed and replaced with a concept of a god who had no need for the feelings of people , who was placed above them in ways that made any behaviour other than worship and penitence irrelevant . |
| 28 | the plaintiff had ‘ purchased ’ a car from a person who had no title to it and had sent it to a garage for repair . |
| 29 | Surely , to apply the label ‘ manslaughter ’ to the conduct of a person who envisaged no more than a common assault , e. g. by a single punch , is both disproportionate and unfair . |
| 30 | ‘ Your clothes is soaked , Mr Arkwright ; put on your other coat , and I 'll dry these by the fire , ’ said his landlady , Mrs Patton , an obliging soul who liked him , a nice quiet young gentleman who caused no trouble and paid his rent . |