Example sentences of "was under no [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John , Lord Carteret [ later Earl of Granville ] , who succeeded him , was under no illusions about France , which he identified as ‘ the enemy always aiming at our destruction ’ ; periods of peace with her he considered ‘ only an intermission of hostility ’ . |
| 2 | Kirov was under no illusions about his Western puppet-masters . |
| 3 | And he was under no illusions as to what might happen to their relationship if Philippe Chaumont returned . |
| 4 | ‘ I was under no illusions I would walk into the team here , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Newcastle was under no illusions , having already been identified in monitoring as one of those labouring with targets . |
| 6 | He was under no illusions that water could convey forgiveness . |
| 7 | By now he was under no illusions about the reason for the frame-up . |
| 8 | She was under no illusions — she knew he could never feel the same way about her , she knew too that she was storing up heartbreak for herself . |
| 9 | Eliza was under no illusions that this meant they would be spending more time together : ‘ John , of course , will not remain there long , ’ she told her mother , ‘ but be wandering off in some direction … ’ . |