Example sentences of "but [vb past] no [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did zip the tent flap shut , but wasted no other time on housekeeping ; I would come back in daylight to tidy up and replace the stores I had used . |
| 2 | G-7 ministers meeting separately on Sept. 19 had pledged to restore " stable " exchange rates but recommended no concrete measures amid reports that Germany had refused to lower its interest rates to ease pressure on European currencies . |
| 3 | During that autumn ( of 1937 ) he attended a few more commemorative occasions but made no political speeches . |
| 4 | He had mooted the idea of becoming a teacher but made no serious attempts to do anything about it . |
| 5 | Nicephorus ' fleet harried the accessible southern coasts in retribution , but made no firm gains . |
| 6 | Geneva was also the location for the START ( Strategic Arms Reduction ) talks , which began in June 1982 but made no more progress . |
| 7 | The defenders paid the deposit on acceptance but made no further payments . |
| 8 | Azmaveth nodded , but made no further comment . |
| 9 | He did not answer , and Murtach raised his eyebrows but made no further comment . |
| 10 | Old Mel answered with a grunt but made no further reply . |
| 11 | US President George Bush and EC Commission President Jacques Delors both expressed hope and commitment , but reported no concrete progress , after meeting in Washington on April 22 . |
| 12 | Lord Pearson agreed that if there had been an error it would have been jurisdictional but found no such mistake . |
| 13 | In two subjects receiving 25 µg cholera toxin and in one receiving 12.5 µg cholera toxin liquid bowel movements continued up to 48 hours but caused no serious inconvenience . |
| 14 | He was in a small home reserved for ‘ difficult ’ juveniles , where the matron in charge reported that he wet his bed on occasion and had bad dreams but showed no other signs of disturbance . |
| 15 | Occasionally he asked for her opinion but showed no particular reaction when she gave it , so that she had no way of knowing if he was completely satisfied with her grasp of the work . |
| 16 | With very few exceptions , they found the world of FE a little alien , but showed no adversarial tendencies ; they were unanimous in their insistence on high standards and will help us attain and maintain these . |
| 17 | The subject-matter of pornography was settled by 1650 : writers in subsequent centuries added new words and novel settings , but discovered no fundamental variation on the finite methods of coupling . |
| 18 | The Bantu Mirror , established in 1936 , circulated in both Rhodesias , using African languages , but employed no African reporters : it merely used translations of news from Argus papers . |
| 19 | When Florey came to the chair of pathology at Sheffield a year or two later , Paine mentioned the matter to him but aroused no obvious interest . |
| 20 | He looked both ways , but saw no running figure . |
| 21 | Dr. Welch recommended them to the committee , who noted the report but took no further action . |
| 22 | A declaration signed at the conclusion of the meeting emphasized co-operation in various fields , including narcotics and control of the cholera epidemic in Latin America [ see p. 38142 ] , but contained no concrete measures for increased credit flows through the European Development Bank . |
| 23 | The Commission 's paper expressed opposition " in principle " to high national budget deficits , but contained no direct proposals for EC control in this respect , as had earlier been suggested by Delors . |
| 24 | They said afterwards that Mr Patten listened sympathetically but gave no specific response . |
| 25 | He also made the observation that the smaller bones were less frequently broken , but gave no supporting evidence . |
| 26 | Pergamon included an extraordinary charge of £38.7m but gave no further details . |
| 27 | Bourassa , who in the past had opposed separatism for his province , declared his intention not to participate in further constitutional talks , and suggested that his administration would prepare a new policy for Quebec 's status , but gave no further details . |
| 28 | The FLMN 's Radio Farabundo Martí reported on July 12 that " important progress " had been made in the talks , but gave no further details . |
| 29 | At the 12th annual summit of the Gulf Co-operation Council ( GCC — Bahrein , Kuwait , Oman , Qatar , Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ) , held in Kuwait on Dec. 23-25 , the GCC endorsed the Damascus Declaration of March 1991 [ see pp. 38116-17 ] but introduced no concrete measures to establish an autonomous regional deterrent force . |
| 30 | Policy and resources chairwoman Dawn Booth promised to investigate the idea , but said no firm commitment could be given until they knew all the implications . |