Example sentences of "[pron] saw no [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Which is why I saw no real point in pushing the human poor-little-baby bit . ’
2 Erm and also because I saw no early prospect of the application coming reports .
3 But I saw no other way out : I did n't know if I would ever have a chance again . ’
4 I saw no other way of protecting the interests of the Corosini , ’ he growled .
5 ‘ I wanted it ’ , he concluded the note already quoted , ‘ because I saw no other weapon then to use in the fight against unemployment . ’
6 I saw no such thing . ’
7 I saw no clear advantage now from 17 .
8 You saw no such thing ! ’
9 During the four days we spent on Elgon we saw no other people and only one solitary gazelle .
10 We saw no more villages , and the river , broken now into narrow channels by low islands , began to curve .
11 Some Girls accepted marriage offers simply because they saw no other alternative .
12 They saw no one approach the bell .
13 They saw no one approach . ’
14 Its efficiency was still further reduced by the fact that , almost alone among European navies of any size , it saw no active service between 1718 and 1769 .
15 San Diego-based GTI Corp , majority owned by Telemetrix Plc , responded to a $1.50 fall in its share price to $21.75 on Friday by saying it saw no fundamental reason for it , adding that it expects to report ‘ continuing positive results ’ this quarter after four quarters of increases of 100% or more .
16 The Royal Bank of Scotland said it had pulled out because it saw no continuing need for its participation .
17 The sensation of sharing airspace with a murderous enemy — although in fact he saw no other aircraft — was disconcerting , as was the coming to terms with the idea that not all the world was locked in war , but only parts of it .
18 He said he saw no short-term upturn in the economy and , in fact , said the recession was getting worse . ’
19 But Mr Akers reiterated yesterday that he saw no long-term change in economic assumptions or any downturn in demand for the company 's products .
20 Jehan knew that he was in the steward 's way , but he saw no good reason to move .
21 Unlike the Platonists he saw no ontological continuity between the soul and God , but a relationship of likeness based on the Biblical account of man 's creation in Genesis ( 1:26 — 7 ) where his peculiar property was to be made in the image of God .
22 Grierson was a West Highland Scot , as was immediately evident from his accent , an accent which he never attempted to conceal for the excellent reason that he saw no earthly reason why he ever should .
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