Example sentences of "[was/were] none [prep] the [noun pl] " 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 | There was an element of fitness training in the Scots ' routines , but there was none for the Fijians . |