Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [was/were] none the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she was none the wiser for what came out of the speakers : a soft sea of hiss , a hint of ultrasonics , and a persistent , repetitive creaking noise . |
| 2 | She 'd let herself go , last night — but she was none the worse for it , was she ? |
| 3 | Some of these claims , spread energetically by certain leading military men , were almost certainly exaggerated , but they were none the less serious . |
| 4 | The ‘ image ’ of C. S. Lewis , which many were to find rebarbative , was not , as they imagined , stage-managed or rehearsed , but it was none the less odd for that . |
| 5 | When it came , there was nothing at all ominous in the reason for Christian 's unexpected visit … but it was none the less a bombshell . |