Example sentences of "was [adv] in no " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Hazel could not help noticing , with reluctant admiration , that although Bigwig had lost his temper , he was apparently in no hurry on his own account and seemed less frightened than any of them . |
| 2 | But as one of the detective-constables clicked a pair of handcuffs round his wrists , Cedric Downes was apparently in no state at all to mouth as much as a monosyllable , let alone give utterance to any incriminating statement . |
| 3 | And then he was away in no time … cor he was quick , straight from the Barcelona Olympics I think . |
| 4 | Angelina enquired anxiously of Samuel Pipkin , since Oliver was clearly in no mood to converse . |
| 5 | But he was clearly in no mood for listening to her excuses . |
| 6 | If at first he had thought it would be sufficient simply to eliminate various shortcomings in Soviet life , Gorbachev explained , he was now in no doubt that nothing less than a radical reconstruction of the whole of society was necessary . |
| 7 | He was surely in no great hurry for the money . |
| 8 | Although the DIA clearly had plans for him , it was evidently in no hurry to send him back to the Middle East . |
| 9 | Security on the door had reported a large black man demanding entry on behalf of a friend , a Sir Ralph Grunte , Member of Parliament , who was certainly in no condition to be in charge of a motor car . |
| 10 | The Sahara had become my deity , and , though I was therefore in no position to claim any closeness to God , I arrogantly did . |
| 11 | During the period 1961–73 , the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs was more likely to take out an enforcement order against a company that did not dominate the market , and was therefore in no position to affect the market price than one that did have such power ! |