Example sentences of "but [vb past] no [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to make small talk but got no replies . |
| 2 | Bond next offered Irises to various potential Japanese buyers , but got no takers . |
| 3 | He was in residence mainly only at weekends , but entertained no guests . |
| 4 | The fourth round of preliminary talks in Rome on a peace conference sponsored by the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) took place between Aug. 1 and 5 , but produced no results . |
| 5 | Conversely , we would be impressed by another yogi who could alter these processes in his intestines on a word of command but made no claims to know what was going on down there from moment to moment . |
| 6 | Police escorted singer Atkin and four friends off the premises but made no arrests . |
| 7 | On human rights , China provided information on 800 political prisoners whose names had been presented by the US side in June , but announced no releases . |
| 8 | In the grounds of the hotel used as an Axis headquarters , he heard a sentry yawn but found no guns . |
| 9 | Those who worked legally inside Israel paid compulsory dues to the Israeli union , the Histadrut , but received no benefits or support from it . |
| 10 | The students also questioned Yuan Mu about the fate of Zhao Ziyang and the selection of Jiang Zemin as Zhao 's successor but received no answers . |
| 11 | They ate by candlelight , with highlights from Turandot playing , but received no visitors of any sort . |
| 12 | There was also the Office of General Surveyors , converted into a court in 1542 , which audited various accounts but received no revenues . |
| 13 | The path was narrow and rocky in parts but caused no difficulties . |
| 14 | The left-wing Dev Sol group claimed responsibility for the shooting of a policeman in Istanbul on April 5 , for the shooting of Gen. Memduh Unluturk at his Istanbul home on April 9 , and for nine bombs which damaged banks and business premises , but caused no injuries , in Istanbul and Adana on April 29-30 . |
| 15 | Deaf people too tended to prefer recall of words , but showed no effects of overt rehearsal of words . |
| 16 | With full-back Ian Hunter not appearing Cumbria were in doubt about their line-up until a few minutes before kick-off , but showed no signs of uncertainty when the action began , winning a penalty from their first attack . |
| 17 | Mandarin was eleven but showed no signs of losing the powers which had brought him numerous victories , including two in the King George VI Chase . |
| 18 | They needed to rest , they said , but showed no signs of doing so . |
| 19 | To study possible contamination we amplified the IL-1α and β-actin genes by RT-PCR in these samples but obtained no bands . |
| 20 | The resulting jury of six men and six women contained one Hispanic and one Asian-American , but included no blacks . |
| 21 | Interestingly enough , the US Navy took a few on board for evaluation , designating them XF2L–1s , but placed no orders . |
| 22 | Several other nations ( Brazil , China , Federal German Republic , German Democratic Republic , India , Japan , Poland and South Africa ) have declared interests in Antarctica and established scientific stations there , but lay no claims to territory themselves , and avoid adopting positions on the claims of others . |
| 23 | He then sold the timber to E. B wrongfully removed some of the timber and E obtained judgment against him for conversion but took no steps to enforce his judgment , because B was insolvent . |
| 24 | The defendants were aware of this but took no steps to keep the children out . |
| 25 | Qualcomm Inc , San Diego claims to have the industry 's first hand-held , dual-mode Code Division Multiple Access and analogue cellular phone : the 12oz CD-7000 accesses 832 FM channels and an equivalent 8,000 to 16,000 channels in Code Division Multiple Access mode ; it will be out in the autumn , the company said , but gave no prices . |
| 26 | The paper ( published in volume 261 , page 301 of the journal ) contained a table of numbers for excess heat from the few cells that had measured ‘ positive ’ but gave no details of how many cells had balanced , or in their definition were deemed to be ‘ dead ’ . |
| 27 | China on Sept. 29 welcomed Bush 's proposals but gave no details of plans for its strategic arsenal of 12 intercontinental and 60 medium-range nuclear missiles . |
| 28 | It says its Nordic Data holding company , set up in late 1991 , had a 1992 profit after financial costs of £9.2m on turnover of £77m , but gave no comparisons with 1991 . |
| 29 | His uniform was immaculate , but paraded no medals , and the creases on his trousers were so sharp that Charlie wondered if they had ever been worn before . |
| 30 | " The School was built of brick ; it was a substantial building , but had no pretensions to architectural beauty . |