Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [adv] [vb past] no " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Sparta , who normally had no fleet of her own and no naval tradition , could not attack any other Athenian tribute-district except the ‘ Thraceward Region ’ . |
| 2 | The concept of indirect discrimination was , according to the councils , at first unfamiliar to police , who also saw no reason why black candidates might be put off by the former question three — which asked the country of origin of spouse or lover 's parents . |
| 3 | Because , with the death of her father just over a year ago , and with her only other living relative , her cousin Liz , living so far away in America , both she and Julie — who also had no close family of her own — were able to provide company for each other . |
| 4 | Leavis , who notoriously had no hesitation about attacking canonical figures , was closer to this tradition , however much he detested the belletrist spirit , than he was to later developments in academic criticism . |
| 5 | They were met at the front door by a delirious spaniel , who clearly had no idea of funeral decorum , and they proceeded into the front room , where Bill Clough switched on a bulging orangey imitation-coal electric fire , and then went to a horrible drinks cabinet — all plastic and flashing lights . |
| 6 | I told him about my sister who now had no legs . |
| 7 | However , most commentators were agreed that the ageing Ne Win , the country 's leader from 1962 until September 1988 who now held no official position , remained the supreme source of political power . |
| 8 | and finally : Pearce for England — 8.6 seconds ( the earliest goal ever given away for England ) — a loose backpass minded for Seaman who really had no chance — giving San Marino 1–0 ( San Marinos second goal in the WCQ ) |
| 9 | So there were large numbers of spectators who simply had no idea that you should be quiet when a golfer is about to hit a shot . |
| 10 | This version of events was contradicted by eye-witness reports and the findings of police and journalists who visited the scene shortly afterwards and who reportedly found no evidence that the people inside the house had fired on their attackers . |
| 11 | On Siward 's right , the standard of Siward his nephew and of Forne , who surely had no great experience behind him , and the great banner of Durham . |
| 12 | Parents who previously took no interest in their children 's education have suddenly become motivated . |
| 13 | There is a sense of community and many women who previously had no political involvement but were forced to flee because of the government policy of attacking civilians , have become very committed to the cause . |
| 14 | They were not always welcomed by working-class mothers , who resented what they saw as intrusion into their lives and the sometimes patronizing advice on childcare from women who were often childless and who certainly had no experience of the difficulties of rearing children in poverty and in the inescapable dirt of poor homes with inadequate water supplies . |