Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] no " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now here is another unhappy woman , Dorothea thought , and they all come to me , though goodness knows why , for I am surely no inspiration ? |
| 2 | All that expensive coaching I 've been having , and yet I 'm still no match for you . |
| 3 | I 'm still no nearer Georgie . |
| 4 | I 'm still no nearer . |
| 5 | Funk but not funk , jazz but not jazz — his is strictly no sell-out either way . |
| 6 | From the day I first got an inkling of ‘ where babies come from ’ and taxed my mother with the proposition that I was therefore no relation to my father , I believed that it was me and me alone who had been responsible for all that pain and trouble called my birth . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're just no good and were n't able to make yourselves get down to it . ’ |
| 8 | Sorry you 're right no what it was we was watching |
| 9 | ‘ You 're certainly no grandchild of mine . ’ |
| 10 | So next time you 're stuck in your car behind that little old lady 's Austin 1100 , remember , statistically , she 's probably no worse a driver than the 20-year-old in the Porsche which is about to overtake you both . |
| 11 | She did drive until last year but I would imagine that she 's probably no longer safe driving . |
| 12 | By the time she and the Prince were engaged two years later , she was still no better educated . |
| 13 | She was still no further forward . |
| 14 | We used to call her granny , she was really no relation . |
| 15 | She came out with us for two or three days and sort of sat you know up a bit and saw us , but then the next week she was really no good at all |
| 16 | She is hippy cos I mean before she was never no hips . |
| 17 | Her sister was headstrong and volatile , sometimes thoughtless of the feelings of those who cared for her , but she could also be charming and generous , compassionate and very lovable , and she was certainly no femme fatale , to lead a man to his doom against his will . |
| 18 | The whole place seemed as empty and deserted as the Beast 's magic castle , though she was certainly no Beauty , Luce thought ruefully . |
| 19 | We are now no more and no less than a medium-sized European power . |
| 20 | The fascinating psychology of interest and attention have not yet been worked out but they are probably no different for communication than for perception in a broader sense . |
| 21 | Mrs Clamp has come across with some details on sporadic occasions , too , though they are probably no more to be relied on than what my father 's told me . |
| 22 | The NRA assessment also believes that increased monitoring , providing more accurate information , has led to some stretches of water being downgraded even though they are probably no worse than ten years ago . |
| 23 | Two or three years later with half a million troops they are still no further forward in their struggle in Vietnam and the cost this time was to the United States ' political system because the effect upon domestic politics was fairly severe . |
| 24 | Two or three years later with half a million troops they are still no further forward in their struggle in Vietnam and the cost this time was to the United States ' political system because the effect upon domestic politics was fairly severe . |
| 25 | They are morally no worse on the whole than the lecherous men who inhabit these tales , and intellectually much superior to them on most occasions . |
| 26 | There is some convincing research that they are often no better than if the manager had simply stuck a pin in at random amongst the names of candidates . |
| 27 | These average workers are no villains — but they are certainly no heroes . |
| 28 | They 're probably no good for you . |
| 29 | They 're really no different from us … only their circumstances . |
| 30 | They have to be because they 're wild , but they 're really no more dangerous than pigs that are kept in doors . |