Example sentences of "[pers pn] take no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Nixon continued to maintain his innocence : on 22 May , he stated that " I took no part in , nor was I aware of any subsequent effort that may have been made to cover up Watergate . " |
| 2 | As a result I took no part in organized college sport , though despite lack of skill I enjoyed an occasional game of squash . |
| 3 | I took no part and declined to be drawn-4.30 Returned to King and ‘ kissed hands ’ . |
| 4 | But , as it happens , I took no advice at all before embarking on what turned out to be a disturbing exploration of my own personality . |
| 5 | I took no notice of it . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , my ma and pa said exactly the same things to me when I was a kid , but I took no notice of it . ’ |
| 7 | There were lots of other people in there , but I took no notice of them . |
| 8 | ‘ Again I took no notice of it , ’ she says . |
| 9 | I took no notice and passed through the door at the far end of the room . |
| 10 | But I took no notice , pushing through trees and bushes , and ran until I could run no longer . |
| 11 | My uncle and aunt shook me , their faces red and eyes wet , but I took no notice of them . |
| 12 | But I took no notice ! |
| 13 | ‘ … I became fretful , & timorous , & a tell-tale — & the School-boys drove me from play , & were always tormenting me — & hence I took no pleasure in boyish sports . ’ |
| 14 | I cried all day long and although Bessie tried hard to tempt me with nice things to eat or my favourite books , I took no pleasure in eating or even in reading . |
| 15 | As an entertaining distraction I have done some back of beer mat calculations on the Fantasy league in the Torygragh , and here are the results ( which I take no responsibilty for accuracy ) with some comment after : |
| 16 | ‘ I take no delight in death , Lewis , and if one thing worries me above all else it is accidents — the random concourse of atoms in the void , as Epicurus used to say . ’ |
| 17 | Occasionally I change a banner but I take no responsibility . |
| 18 | I feel it is important that you , your readers and the tennis public should know that I no longer take part in any decision making relating to the business of the company or the centre and therefore I take no responsibility , for either the success or failure of Junior Tennis Centre Ltd nor Sutton Junior Tennis Centre . |
| 19 | ‘ My son , I take no note of my relatives ’ servants , ’ said Elizabeth Woodville impatiently . |
| 20 | I take no point on this except to say that normally ( and this case would probably have been no exception ) some documents and some items of information would be disclosable while privilege would be claimed in respect of others . |
| 21 | But as you 're obviously something else , let's try this instead : what would happen to me if I take no food and water and medicine ? ’ |
| 22 | I take no account of it . |
| 23 | They just do n't recognise hierarchy , and I take no notice of whether or not I 'm acceptable to people . |
| 24 | Everybody at school says mozzarella cheese is disgusting I take no notice of them |
| 25 | I take no pleasure in bringing this case before the House , although his example may well prove a catalyst to bring help to fellow sufferers . |
| 26 | I tell her not to but she takes no notice . ’ |
| 27 | She is safely delivered of a son , but despite the encouragement of the midwives she takes no notice of the baby . |
| 28 | It ca n't bother her Bev because the amount of noise that we get through the walls is so bad and she 's in it , she 's actually there with the animals barking , so she takes no notice whatsoever of them |
| 29 | I said ca n't you take no notice of me and phone . |
| 30 | She took no part in the exclaiming and protesting and analysing nor would she indulge in speculation as to what had really happened or as to why the letter of authority had not been used against Ellen . |