Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] no [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror , unaccountable yet unendurable , I threw on my clothes with haste ( for I felt that I should sleep no more during the night ) , and endeavoured to arouse myself from the pitiable condition into which I had fallen , by pacing rapidly to and fro through the apartment . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll do no such thing ! |
| 3 | It was on the tip of his tongue to say , ‘ I 'll do no such thing , ’ but he found himself compromising by saying , ‘ I 'm going to join up . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll do no such thing . ’ |
| 5 | I 'll do no more work today ! ’ |
| 6 | But I 'll think no more about it until we meet Dr Mortimer and Sir Henry Baskerville in the morning . |
| 7 | But I 'll have no such tricks played on my island ! ’ |
| 8 | within six months I know I 'll have no more money problems . |
| 9 | I 'll hear no more about this . |
| 10 | ‘ Then she told me all her hopes and fears and about her First Experience — I 'll say no more than that — but she remembered it vividly . |
| 11 | I therefore urge members to agree on by whatever mechanism the financial experts deem proper , I 'll say no more than that , er to place Southern fire station firmly in the capital programme for next year and ensure revenue monies are available to enable its swift and essential opening . |
| 12 | Much of the time , I could do no more than lie on the wheelbarrow to hold it down . |
| 13 | I could do no more than prowl about him . |
| 14 | But I could tell no more than I have written here and I think they all knew from the start it was hopeless . |
| 15 | I could take no more but stood by the door whilst once more Benjamin peered at the blood-stained clothing . |
| 16 | Accordingly , I need say no more than that , with due respect to the majority of your Lordships , I agree with my noble and learned friend in both his conclusions and his reasoning . |
| 17 | I need say no more . |
| 18 | But I will do no more than offer a few remarks about their rights and wrongs , focusing instead on the most productive ways in which teachers can develop and promote their own positions . |
| 19 | It was a coup d'etat. ’ -Margaret Thatcher ‘ As for the leaders of the former Alliance parties , I will say no more than this : they have never learned what every woman knows — that you ca n't make a souffle rise twice . ’ |
| 20 | I will say no more than that . |
| 21 | We move to redundancies , well there you will see that er er newspapers that is to say Westminster Press and Camco have borne the brunt er and I will say no more other than that the reduction in payroll year-on-year will be thirty million pounds . |
| 22 | it is part of the problem we have and I will say no more as I suspect our report of today will probably be in the daily press . |
| 23 | I can do no more for his memory than to extend that same faith to his son . ’ |
| 24 | I can do no more than endorse the statement made by the proposer and would just like to formally second the proposal resolution number two . |
| 25 | As this matter will be central to the proceedings in the House of Lords , the House will recognise that I can say no more about it . |
| 26 | I can see no more reason to doubt but that these causes in a thousand generations would produce a marked effect , and adapt the form of the fox to catching hares instead of rabbits , than that greyhounds can be improved by selection and careful breeding . |
| 27 | ( She may feel no such constraint because spending all the grant does not increase taxes in the locality . ) |
| 28 | ‘ Henry , you must say no more or we shall quarrel ! |
| 29 | ‘ You 'll do no such thing , ’ he had then said . |
| 30 | ‘ You 'll do no such thing , ’ was the immediate and simultaneous response from different quarters . |