Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] to have no [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I seemed to have no value for him and it began to feel like a kind of death . |
| 2 | But in the morning , after sleeping on those terms of the ‘ contract ’ , I decided to have no part of it . |
| 3 | You appear to have no pretensions whatsoever . |
| 4 | Marc was saying , ‘ When I gave you that place on your twenty-first birthday , Peter , I foolishly imagined it would help you settle down as you seemed to have no idea what you wanted to do with your life . |
| 5 | There was a hard knot of misery in her throat , but she seemed to have no tears left to shed . |
| 6 | It was clear , furthermore , she was a housekeeper who took her work very seriously and in spite of her youth , she seemed to have no difficulty gaining the respect of her staff . |
| 7 | She was so slim that she seemed to have no breadth whatever . |
| 8 | It had been like this ever since she and Adam had escaped from Other world ; she seemed to have no strength left to decide anything . |
| 9 | What goes on here ? ’ 'I did n't ask you here and I do n't want to see you and I have nothing to say to you , ’ I said , showing her the door but , alas , she seemed to have no intention of going through it , so I capitulated rather too easily and offered her a drink from the mini bar . |
| 10 | How would you like to have no employment rights ? |
| 11 | You seem to have no sense of gratitude . |
| 12 | You seem to have no conception of where we stand ! |
| 13 | And I was absolutely amazed and I think all of us on the opposition benches were absolutely amazed at the city board that you appeared to have no proposals whatsoever to do anything about that situation . |
| 14 | ‘ Last night you appeared to have no qualms about my doing far more intimate things than merely touching your arm . ’ |
| 15 | She appeared to have no qualities at all to speak of , either positive or negative , and spent her time trying not to be noticed . |
| 16 | Often the kids we talk to have no self-esteem , and they feel they 're failures . |
| 17 | Considering the other sensory systems of cetaceans , they appear to have no sense of smell , for they lack any obvious olfactory organ , olfactory nerve or olfactory cerebral centre . |
| 18 | They appear to have no need of an anemone and usually ignore any placed in the aquarium with them . |
| 19 | They appear to have no effect at all on pigs , rats or guinea-pigs . |
| 20 | His long bushy eyebrows , mingling with his coarse black hairline , made him appear to have no forehead at all . |
| 21 | Throckmorton said that after he had spoken in the House against the Act in Restraint of Appeals , he had been praised by Fisher and two other clerics , Nicholas Wilson and Richard Reynolds [ qq.v. ] , who told him that he need not persevere with such speeches if they seemed to have no effect , but that his example might be of value to others . |
| 22 | They seem to have no colour , although yesterday afternoon 's image is still strong — the canyon glowing deep red in reflected light from the walls , the interior an inferno in the midday sun . |
| 23 | Extraordinarily enough for a couple who were supposed to be at such odds , they seem to have no problem over their conversation . |
| 24 | Despite all the money the Politicals had been siphoning off for years , a very sore point with the rest of us , they claimed to have no material on the terrorists beyond a few isolated descriptions and photographs . |
| 25 | They proved to have no stomach for a fight with only Steve Regeling showing any semblance of spirit . |
| 26 | Moreover , he seemed to have no awareness of his limitations . |
| 27 | Just as he had no ‘ side ’ so he seemed to have no possessiveness . |
| 28 | And he seemed to have no purpose . |
| 29 | He seemed to have no sense of fear , but that had been easy in the days when the Party ruled supreme and there was no opposition . |
| 30 | He seemed to have no trouble in accepting the presence of the child . |