Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] a [noun sg] in sight " in BNC.
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1 | The South Africans were escorted through red traffic lights to their hotel by police motorcyclists and vehicles , but there was not a demonstrator in sight . |
2 | When the multi-millionaire megastar from Moonee Ponds lifted the lid off her hush-hush new spoof game show — there was not a celebrity in sight . |
3 | This was open desert , and there was not a dune in sight and it was firm underfoot . |
4 | The night was dark and still , and there was not a soul in sight . |
5 | It was misty , and there was not a soul in sight , and I had the same eerie feeling which came over me sometimes in other parts of the village . |
6 | There was not a soul in sight as Theda began resolutely to trudge down the street , looking for a lane that might lead her off the main road , which , being only of packed dirt , was already a hasty-pudding of mud which churned under her mercifully booted feet . |
7 | There was n't a tree in sight , but nearer the cliff edge she could make out carpets of thrift and sea-campion , and yearned to explore . |
8 | She had no idea why Ana was blind , and there was n't a feature in sight . |
9 | There was n't a flower in sight on the Rickards Hardy Ferns stand : |
10 | There was n't a flower in sight on the Rickards Hardy Ferns stand : |
11 | THERE WAS N'T A CLERK IN SIGHT . |
12 | Along Heygate Street last night there was n't a pedestrian in sight and cars drove through as fast as they could . |
13 | There was n't a cloud in sight . |
14 | There was n't a soul in sight but the Brigadier got out and called up to his left : |
15 | Apart from the corporal and the watchman , there was n't a soul in sight . |
16 | There was n't a soul in sight nor a sound to be heard . |
17 | ‘ We were looking forward to free hospitality but there was n't a drop in sight . ’ |