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 . ’
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