Example sentences of "not a word [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarah said , and Mick added , ‘ And not a word about world affairs for once . ’ |
| 2 | Not a word of gratefulness and not a word of forgiveness and not a word of love . |
| 3 | This seemed unnecessary , for Miss Logan had not a word of Turk or Russo or Kurdish or whatever mixture it was the other two communicated in ; but she did as she was told . |
| 4 | Not a word of condemnation of that disgraceful position has come from the Leader of the Opposition , who is sponsored by that union , or from the shadow spokesman on employment , who is also sponsored by that union , or by any of the renegade crew who man the Labour Front Bench . |
| 5 | Not a word of gratefulness and not a word of forgiveness and not a word of love . |
| 6 | Then she ran to find Ferdinando to tell him and they embraced and it was he who said , ‘ She is an angel ! ’ of Mrs Browning and Wilson realised she had expressed not a word of gratitude . |
| 7 | I know that I laughed a lot , and that Will said it was a stupid play , with not a word of poetry in it . |
| 8 | Not a word of gratefulness and not a word of forgiveness and not a word of love . |
| 9 | A good prepared speech , McLeish thought , with not a word of truth in it . |
| 10 | Recruited from the lower-middle or working class , the representative benefactor lived in a small house in a town or city , had no children or had children who were grown up , spoke not a word of German , knew nothing of Germany beyond the front-page news of the Express or Mirror , and did not begin to understand the trauma of being a young refugee . |
| 11 | It 's three months now , and no news , not a word of ransom yet . |
| 12 | In fact I happened just to have spent the weekend with a dear friend and was well aware that at some point over the two days she had entertained everyone suspected of being concerned , and not a word of politics was discussed , nor a syllable about supplanting anybody . |
| 13 | She struggled with the cold fear that had laid its hand on her : she had gone with a man , without protesting , without a single pledge from him , and not a word of kindness , not a promise for tomorrow ; she looked at Sabina 's back in front of her , the pinafore tied behind over her gathered skirt , and imagined her husband 's hands around that still sturdy small of her back , and wondered had she let him do that , do what Tommaso had done , before they were married ? |
| 14 | All the police knew of that — was what I put in my book — not a word of praise . |
| 15 | Lady after lady breathed heavier when Pen dashed in and out , and on the days when Wilson was a little late with the supper — which she now undertook to provide — on account of having been delayed taking tea with Mrs Browning there was not a word of complaint but only a diffident enquiry as to how the venerable poetess had seemed . |
| 16 | Heard not a word from SW about the trees left on her doorstep brought up from Jean in September . |
| 17 | ‘ Not a word in front of John , ’ warned Dotty . |