Example sentences of "[was/were] none [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was none of the fumbling of a man . |
| 2 | In part , it can thank the huge cost of cement works which meant there was none of the rush of new entrants in the boom . |
| 3 | There was none of the carelessness with which he usually waited for Twomey to bring him his glass . |
| 4 | I do n't know how high the pass was , but even with the sun casting long , black shadows , there was none of the fearsomeness of the journey we had made only that morning . |
| 5 | There was none of the hurry of Reading or Bristol . |
| 6 | There was none of the clashing of iron , or stamping of horse that she had come to associate with both skirmish and battle , only an odd silence , save for the distant and familiar sound of a storm wind , and the voice of a flock of birds , coming closer … |
| 7 | There was none of the violence of illness in it , no writhing or moaning , and it was never impatient or irritable when Kalchu tried to feed it or probed it for sores . |