Example sentences of "had [been] no [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Vascos and Fernandos had been no greater than Osvaldo . |
| 2 | She had been no worse and no better than the three women who had preceded her in Alexandra 's life , all driven away in the end by the isolation and the powerful ghosts . |
| 3 | Charles Williams had been a friend of T. S. Eliot , but Lewis 's distrust of Eliot had been implacable , and their first meeting in 1945 , at Williams 's instigation , had been no better than guarded , though they later joined as Anglicans in retranslating the Book of Common Prayer version of the Psalter . |
| 4 | Martin apologized because he had shouted at Alice in front of them all — he had been no angrier , Nick considered , than any father had a right to be — but after that , he seemed disinclined to discuss her . |
| 5 | However , there had been no further serious problems at the ground until Friday night 's incident . |
| 6 | There had been no further news of Alfred since he was seen by one of the hotel staff in Lady Street at eight that morning . |
| 7 | Yesterday , as the group of cockle pickers went about their business , police said there had been no further incidents . |
| 8 | Yesterday , as the group of pickers went about their business , police said there had been no further incidents . |
| 9 | Darlington Council leader John Williams ( Lab ) said public transport minister Roger Freeman had pledged to meet the management of Caldaire , which owns the site in question but there had been no further word from him . |