Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [adv] no " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is revealing in its way , for Burke was certainly no democrat . |
| 2 | Only in the United States and in Britain was there no element of state control by the First World War . |
| 3 | ‘ You were lucky to make it to the lav , ’ observed Lydia , meaning that she was very grateful that Betty had made it to the lav , since one of the rules is that the afflicted person does not mop up her own vomit and Lydia was absolutely no good at doing this . |
| 4 | Randolph was just no use to the reindeer team as his white nose was n't any good . |
| 5 | They replied that the cleaning of the Skerne was absolutely no concern of theirs . |
| 6 | Marc was certainly no fool . |
| 7 | Cranston claimed that his relationship with Keating was essentially no different from that of the other four senators , but that , because he was suffering from cancer and had announced his intention not to seek re-election on the expiry in 1992 of his current term , he had been singled out for sanction as a " scapegoat " . |
| 8 | Charlie was clearly no big deal as far as Josie was concerned . |
| 9 | Only in Pomerania was there no such support . |