Example sentences of "[conj] no one [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 His comments reflect the uncertainity of an experiment where no one under the age of 42 has voted before .
2 They evidently worked on the assumption that no one at the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society ever actually listened to the records .
3 ‘ It is especially noteworthy that no one at the Bank appears to have accepted responsibility for its failure .
4 I think I left the Bench at least with an impression that they had someone very special to deal with , I was , of course , all the time praying that no one for the police would ask for his Conduct Sheet , which they overlooked after making a dutiful response to the Bench , and I hurried away to be met outside the Court by Stewart , who at once asked me to lend him a pound .
5 It is not only that no one on the planet has a bad word to say about Sybil : people trip over their superlatives .
6 Constance felt a pang of sadness as she walked into the building on Ludovico 's arm , thinking that no one in the world who cared for them knew what was happening .
7 He explained that no one in the community took vows and that all their worship was based on the Book of Common Prayer .
8 She had never known what love and tenderness were until she met her Aunty Lizzie , and she knew that no one in the world would ever love her like that woman did ; nor would she love anyone else .
9 Before the election in November 1972 , Nixon stated that no one in the White House knew anything of the plan ; and there the matter rested until the Watergate burglars went on trial in January 1973 before Judge Sirica in Washington .
10 The assessors will be working on last autumn 's crop soon enough , and the job will ensure that no one in the household asks any questions .
11 It is clear that no one in the northern region is demanding that yet .
12 Close examination of the man 's conversation suggested that no one in the Western world was safe .
13 We were pleased that we had a representative from the south of Montgomeryshire but it was a pity that no one from the Dyfi Valley attended .
14 A Midland-based company , British Contact Sports Supplies , is currently trying to make the suit knife- and bullet-proof and , although no one from the Met Police could confirm or deny the rumours , it seems that plans may be afoot for them to adopt the suit in the future
15 No one not in the profession would know for sure whether the assassin had accepted or refused the job ; and no one except the contact and , in this case , the client , would know for sure exactly who was responsible for the messy death of Seren Haminh , probably about fifty hours from now , when the hunger would be rising again and giving her a few hours to sleep the first ecstasy off .
16 There were very few people in the building and no one at the counter .
17 ‘ Well , you need a special key and no one on the programme 's officially got one .
18 But there were no other boats and no one on the towpath above them to hear his ambiguous remark .
19 In Ireland I was recognized as English as soon as I appeared on anybody 's horizon , and no one in the Midlands asked me how ‘ we ’ were doing at Gaelic football , golf , bicycle racing or hurling .
20 And then at a certain point she felt , and we felt , that Madam was n't quite enough ; and so just now , anyway , she was known as Madame , and no one in The Bar ever addressed her as anything else .
21 And no one in the administration ever — such is the unfairness of life — quite achieved the renown achieved by Lord Delamere as a great white father to the Masai .
22 He had insisted , so the story went , that he knew — and his knowledge was said to be based on information handed down from Choco ancestors long dead but unforgotten — what no one else in Panama knew ( or apparently wanted to ) , and no one in the world of historical scholarship knew either .
23 There were no spectators at all , which was a relief , and no one in the water of a size or shape which could be Nevil .
24 If no one on the floor wishes to take the other side of the trade then he can deal with his own customer .
25 If no one in the Tory party believes that , why should the public ?
26 One of the Land Rovers was pierced by a single bullet and a mortar fragment but no one on the patrol was injured , despite the fact their attackers had loosed off 200-300 rounds at them .
27 But no one in the Gates had seen him .
28 Key decisions are taken which will affect people 's lives , but no one from the province has any say .
29 But no one from the Labour Party has ever explained how the development of non-sectarian Labour politics in the North would be an ‘ obstacle ’ to Irish unity .
30 ‘ It is better to say nothing because no one in the outside world will understand : and it might be better to stay here . ’
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