Example sentences of "man [Wh pn] [vb past] no " in BNC.

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1 Amongst the warders was one man who wore no uniform , but instead a warm quilted anorak .
2 This man who had no letters , had the higher learning , for he had a pure love . ’
3 It would be a mistake for anyone to infer that Boulestin was a man who had no more sense than to attempt amateur cooking in his own restaurant .
4 The athletic arrogant and handsome monarch of 1977 had been replaced by a sick , befuddled man who had no idea what was happening .
5 By this man who had no power over him and whom he could sink with one word to Merymose .
6 Should I now go haring off to France to a man I do n't know , a man who had no regrets for sixteen years ? ’
7 Again the work was completed in Oxford , and was carried through by the leadership of a man who made no mistakes in seeking chemical collaboration or in letting matters drop for lack of it .
8 a flush-faced man who made no sound
9 Their most famous inhabitant had been a crazy man , a drunk , a painter , a man who made no secret of his liaison with a whore .
10 Rain never knew how it was that a man who spoke no word of a foreign language could master the intricacies of ordering a favourite type of beer in any country on earth .
11 What Ken hated most of all when working was being alone — in total contrast to the facet of the man who wanted no company at all when he was n't fully employed .
12 Even in the compartment he was explaining to the other half dozen men who had no option but to listen , how the New York Giants would have taken both of them on , one after another , and still have had time to take on the Chicago White Soxs as well .
13 Men with periodontitis had more than a twofold increased risk of dying compared with men who had no periodontal disease at baseline .
14 Young men who had no teeth at baseline had a 2.6-fold increased risk of dying .
15 Independent clothiers of the old type who farmed a little land in addition to their work at the loom became outnumbered by a growing body of men who had no land to provide extra income but were simply wage-earners .
16 Her experience of men was limited to indifferent kisses from kind , sweet men who made no impact on her .
17 There was the stoic , mute Joe Louis , with his cruising menace ; the streetfighter Rocky Marciano , with his trade-unionist obedience ; the arresting and dogged Floyd Patterson , who would bare his soul to a telephone pole at the sight of a pencil ; all unfrivolous men who left no doubt as to the nature of their work .
18 But men who showed no signs of cardiovascular disease and had desirable levels of cholesterol at the start of the study had a risk of death that increased only slightly , due to ageing , from 1.7 per cent to 4.9 per cent .
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