Example sentences of "[was/were] none [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was another of those naked spaces , so exposed it was useless — putting a chair out there to sit in the sun seemed unthinkable , there were none of the nooks and crannies or spaces that invited use . |
| 2 | There were none of the crowds that had been there during the day and we could really pray . |
| 3 | There were none of the demonstrations or obstructions which he had feared , and in fact such was the success of the play that he was featured on the cover of Time magazine on 6 March . |
| 4 | There were none of the comforts we take for granted now . |
| 5 | Er there were none of the incubators and this sort of thing for them like we 've got today . |
| 6 | ‘ All I wanted was a pain-killer but they said at the desk that there were none in the hotel . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , he also clearly implied that it was none of the legate 's business . |
| 8 | There was none of the fumbling of a man . |
| 9 | There was none of the relief which might have been gained from a change of stance . |
| 10 | He had thus seldom been cooler or more controlled than now , as he told McGann that yes indeed he had been travelling , and no , it was none of the Society 's business where or about what pursuit . |
| 11 | The house smelt damp , of course , and there was a thin layer of dust everywhere , but there was none of the squalor and decay she had feared . |
| 12 | There was none of the back-slapping and encouragement the President-elect enjoyed when he toured US hamburger joints . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | There was none of the carelessness with which he usually waited for Twomey to bring him his glass . |
| 15 | There was none of the country bumpkin about this young miss . |
| 16 | Bowe 's margin of victory was so clear that when he and Holyfield were dragged off each other at the final bell , there was none of the tension that normally accumulates during the counting of the score card . |
| 17 | There was none of the rancour which had marked the 1989 conference [ see pp. 36963-64 ] , and many commentators praised the organization 's success in redefining its role , as a champion of good government and human rights . |
| 18 | Much of this picture has been surmised from the pioneering excavation of Old Hangleton by Mr Holden : surprisingly , given the common image of medieval squalor , there was none of the rubbish which is usually so rich a ground for archaeologists . |
| 19 | There was none of the humour you usually saw in it , and there was a fixed look about the eyes that I found almost frightening . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | There was none of the hurry of Reading or Bristol . |
| 22 | 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 … |
| 23 | There was none of the disappointment , none of the tragic pretence and exclusion that accompanied the reunion of Jacob and Esau . |
| 24 | Whether the tactics of individual approach divided possible dissidents , or Alderman Reed 's fate terrified them , there was none of the anger or recalcitrance that had greeted the ‘ amicable grant ’ twenty years before . |
| 25 | There was none of the decay or rubble of the crowded villages along the Nile . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | There was an element of fitness training in the Scots ' routines , but there was none for the Fijians . |