Example sentences of "[was/were] none of 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 Nevertheless , he also clearly implied that it was none of the legate 's business .
7 There was none of the fumbling of a man .
8 There was none of the relief which might have been gained from a change of stance .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 There was none of the back-slapping and encouragement the President-elect enjoyed when he toured US hamburger joints .
12 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 .
13 There was none of the carelessness with which he usually waited for Twomey to bring him his glass .
14 There was none of the country bumpkin about this young miss .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 There was none of the hurry of Reading or Bristol .
21 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 …
22 There was none of the disappointment , none of the tragic pretence and exclusion that accompanied the reunion of Jacob and Esau .
23 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 .
24 There was none of the decay or rubble of the crowded villages along the Nile .
25 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 .
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