Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] a soul [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The night was dark and still , and there was not a soul in sight . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There was n't a soul in sight but the Brigadier got out and called up to his left : |
| 5 | Apart from the corporal and the watchman , there was n't a soul in sight . |
| 6 | There was n't a soul in sight nor a sound to be heard . |