Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] made no [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Well , I 'd made no appointment with him , of course . |
2 | I began to realize how inadequate my picture of Laura was ; that I had made no room in my thoughts for an independent life of her own , let alone one as earthed and pragmatic as the potter 's craft . |
3 | I had made no arrangements for that first night . |
4 | ‘ In case you have n't noticed , other than that first call , I 've made no attempt to try and find him since we 've been here . ’ |
5 | I have made no secret of my debt in this book to the ideas of R. L. Trivers . |
6 | I have made no secret of the fact that I do n't like the Channel Tunnel . |
7 | I have made no secret of the fact that I consider you to be a boy with potential , a boy I might introduce to some of the wonderful things of this world . |
8 | ‘ I have made no provision for my son Robert other than the bequest of £100 because he has been the recipient of my bounty during my lifetime and has nevertheless caused me sorrow and trouble on numerous occasions . ‘ |
9 | John wrote emphatically : ‘ I have made no provision for my son Lawrence other than the bequest of £100 because he had his own business in opposition to mine ; I was willing to work with him and help him but he would not and preferred competition . ’ |
10 | Cllr Cooper , a buyer for Littlewoods , said : ‘ I have taken a year off work to do this and there is no point if at the end I have made no difference at all . |
11 | I have argued with them until I am blue in the face ; have indicated to them that it is near anarchy when the profession will not meet the Cabinet minister responsible ; but I have made no impression at all . |
12 | In this chapter I have made no attempt to discuss why it should be that the DES has found itself in the situation of promulgating these various initiatives , or indeed how it sees the relationship between them . |
13 | The lady Alianor makes it her business to discover all that goes on , and has many influential friends — yet she has made no mention of it . ’ |
14 | Here she felt lonely and depressed , as it seemed as if she 'd made no progress and was back in the same vicious circle again . |
15 | ‘ Because you 've made no arrest . ’ |
16 | ‘ Certainly , so far , you 've made no attempt to consolidate your position . ’ |
17 | On each of her periods at Hillmarden he had still clung to the faint hope that she was improving , only to find at the end of a week or a fortnight she had made no progress at all and that when Harry — good baby that he was — occasionally cried , this was enough to make Celia so distraught that Brian was forced to accept that it was better for all concerned if mother and baby remained parted . |
18 | She broke off , unaccountably reluctant to tell them the rest , although she had made no secret of it in London . |
19 | She had made no secret of her admiration for the mysterious Miguelito . |
20 | She had looked in Marie 's direction but she had made no sign of recognition . |
21 | She commented afterwards that she had made no money on the venture : ‘ I lost nothing , neither did I gain much , others run away with the profit . ’ |
22 | She had made no reference to Joan 's first visit to the Hall , considering it unsuitable to combine such a letter with practicalities . |
23 | She had made no mistake ; he had an errand somewhere that would not wait . |
24 | She had made no effort to erect any ‘ keep off ’ signs , and their kiss the evening before had given him heaven only knew what sort of ideas . |
25 | Dexter noticed that she had made no mention of the murder weapon being a pair of scissors or of the discovery of blood in a wash-basin near where the body was found . |
26 | There were tears on the unremarkable face of Mrs Phipps , but she had made no sound , from the minute of entering the tent until now . |
27 | ‘ Hush , ’ he whispered against her hair , although she had made no sound . |
28 | Although she was the dominant parent , she had made no attempt to do so until then ; Robin 's father remembered being circumcised after his father 's death , when he was seven . |
29 | Theda 's lips had tightened , but she had made no complaint . |
30 | Some days you will find that the dog responds well , whereas on others you may feel that you have made no progress . |