Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to pull myself out but my foot was caught in some branches and the current squashed the canoe hard up against me , allowing me no movement . |
| 2 | And in the pursuit he came up to King Yucef , and smote him three times : but the King escaped from under the sword , for the horse of the Cid passed on in his course , and when he turned , the King being on a fleet horse , was far off , so that he might not be overtaken ; and he got into a Castle called Guyera , for so far did the Christians pursue them , smiting and slaying , and giving them no respite , so that hardly fifteen thousand escaped of fifty that they were . |
| 3 | And King Bucar and the other Kings were so greatly dismayed that they never checked the reins till they had ridden into the sea ; and the company of the Cid rode after them , smiting and slaying and giving them no respite ; and they smote down so many that it was marvellous , for the Moors did not turn their heads to defend themselves . |
| 4 | Those , mainly Conservative councils , that were spending below the standard spending levels were tempted to spend more and gain more grant ; those that were spending so much that government was giving them no grant could suffer no more penalties ; and all kinds of ingenious methods were used to avoid the penalties through creative accounting . |
| 5 | Fluff continued to look after Titch , and even when she grew and became Big Titch , she never forgot her first friend , and they shared a basket , though she persecuted everyone else — feline and human — giving them no peace until she fell asleep , having worn out herself and everyone else . |
| 6 | You are taking rights away and you are giving them no consultation at all . |
| 7 | At both Peter hit cracking drives , the first one giving me no trouble over agreeing with a long iron second shot . |
| 8 | Come on this mental intrigue it is n't doing you no good ! |
| 9 | After only half an hour we can tack left and right — a must in general , as going downwind puts the canopy between you and the way ahead giving you no chance of avoiding rocks and ruts — so that we can move almost anywhere in an arc that is up to 45 degrees on either side of the wind . |
| 10 | I 'm not giving you no money . |
| 11 | However because this is a true wilderness area and there is no bridge over the river , the water levels may be too high , giving you no option but to abort the trip . |
| 12 | ‘ I think it 's time we left , ’ she muttered , standing up and thereby giving him no opportunity to deliver another of his pointed snubs . |
| 13 | Then , giving him no chance to respond , she said , ‘ I was christened Paula Mary Josephine , but everyone calls me Polly . ’ |
| 14 | He could be wild and crazy at times and she had n't faced up to the fact that the way he lived his life was doing him no good , no good at all . |
| 15 | The traffic kept flowing steadily , giving her no chance to escape . |
| 16 | He was still talking as he propelled her through the door and back along the corridor towards the exit , barely pausing for breath , and giving her no chance at all to interrupt . |
| 17 | He pulled her into his arms , giving her no chance to try to evade him as he held her tightly against the solid strength of his body . |
| 18 | And the marriage is likely to be far happier than if she is working flat out while she is at home and blaming her husband for giving her no help . |
| 19 | Ann 's lover simply stopped coming to see her , giving her no explanation . |
| 20 | He fairly hauled her along the street afterwards , giving her no time for nerves as they reached a white-painted door with a large brass dragon for a knocker . |
| 21 | And after about a week , there 'll be no pain in it , and you 'll be doing it no bother at all . |
| 22 | You 're giving us no help . |
| 23 | It was Wyvis Hall once more , his house , but bringing him no pleasure , no deep , excited , almost sick joy . |
| 24 | The eighteenth- and nineteenth-century antiquaries created the vision of a luxurious country house , seeing it no doubt as an early precursor of the great houses , standing in their splendid parks , of their own day . |
| 25 | This is illustrated by the people walking past the tramp , showing him no humanity at all even though he was obviously in dire need of help . |
| 26 | This was why the house had turned its back on her approaches , showing her no return , no promise of refuge when she had come , hungry for its comfort , its assurance of the future . |
| 27 | The distress of leaving them no doubt contributed to the ‘ sudden & severe indisposition of Mrs Gould … which inducing the utmost fears for her safety , rendered it very doubtful up to the last moment whether they would be able to go or not … ’ |
| 28 | You 're leaving me no alternative . |
| 29 | Also , your character is under constant threat from irritating bats that zoom onto the screen at an incredible rate of knots , leaving you no time to react . |
| 30 | Lifting his hand in a casual salute , he stepped back , leaving her no choice but to start the car and drive away with a casual wave . |