Example sentences of "they [verb] no [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The working population has thus continued to make contributions for which they gain no benefit . |
| 2 | Oh no they got no whisky but they got er Eversons be when the rocks were started first when the commissioners started the rocks first the Bell rock was the first . |
| 3 | They got no coolers or anything like that , fridges , and nothing of that you know , and er , you 'd got a , we used to fetch it in the morning and we used to supply Massey 's Lavender 's in and two other , two or three other little places . |
| 4 | They got no law at all , or very little with , with the |
| 5 | are retired so they got no income and then perhaps been left the house |
| 6 | Jane said that last week , cos I thought it was a disco , cos when it first described it me , it was real crap , and there was this colour guy and his friend , and all they wanted to play was black , they looked like they got no bones when they were dancing . |
| 7 | The pilots were drunk and half-naked ; they got no help from the French girls , who simply screamed and tried to get out of the window . |
| 8 | ‘ They got no grasp of reality , ’ said Constance . |
| 9 | ‘ They got no control , parents , ’ she added . |
| 10 | Do n't judge by other children , they got no ambition . ’ |
| 11 | Well , of course , there was , they got no methods of keeping it you see . |
| 12 | No , they 're not , they got no calories in them , they 've got something like nought point , nought , nought calories in them . |
| 13 | He stood gazing at the words , and at first they made no sense to him , apart from the ominous mention of death , and death of intent , not the quiet closing of a life like Donata 's passing . |
| 14 | As it was , they made no sign . |
| 15 | If either the Darwinians on the one hand , or the religious leaders of that time on the other , did make any effort to reconcile the theories of evolution with the doctrines of religion , they made no progress and the two factions became hopelessly opposed , and the religious leaders set up intense opposition to the teachings on evolution . |
| 16 | They made no bones about their over-riding aim — to make TMAM the south of England 's leading independent aviation museum in terms of quantity , quality and general appeal . |
| 17 | They made no bones about the Standard 's intention to establish minimum rates and to deal with its members ' grievances on such issues as ballast-heaving while at sea . |
| 18 | They made no plea and were remanded in custody for seven days . |
| 19 | But they made no mistake on the stroke of half time when Stevenson pounced on an Elliott pass to crack the ball through a ruck of bodies after Wrexham failed to clear a free kick . |
| 20 | The Stock Exchange concluded that the accounts could be regarded as suspect because they made no reference to such business , according to Sir Anthony . |
| 21 | But they made no response , all except the little boy , who smiled and dusted the air with his hand . |
| 22 | He saw the knot of people beyond the flames gazing at him in puzzled amazement , but they made no response . |
| 23 | As they played and as they sang and as they danced they made no mark on the sand at all . |
| 24 | Almost to a man they were against the new phenomenon of the movies and they made no effort to include them in their ‘ night-time ’ world . |
| 25 | They made no effort to withdraw , or temper their gaze or remarks , and I struggled to maintain the sort of meditational dispassion which I 'd observed in my cat on its box . |
| 26 | They made no distinction between ( legitimate ) force and ( illegitimate ) violence , for instance . |
| 27 | That they made no complaint and knew no better would never justify such treatment . |
| 28 | Shocked , they started up , but they made no attempt to cover their nakedness . |
| 29 | They made no attempt to cover up the disagreement with beautiful words . |
| 30 | They made no attempt to catch the thugs . |