Example sentences of "[was/were] none [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the place where we saw the 1:1,000,000 map , but there were none for sale , and in general the airfield was pretty sleepy . |
| 2 | Auxilliary nurses do not go on any courses so there were none for him to take . |
| 3 | At the time there were none on sale in England . |
| 4 | There were none on Suzanne Valadon or Rachel Ruysch or any one else who was female . |
| 5 | On these walls were none of the usual posters bidding young mothers to drink milk in pregnancy and bring their toddlers for a twice-yearly check-up . |
| 6 | There were none of this in the beginning , in the first two years , but at the time of ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ , a lot of drugs began to come in , a lot of alcohol came in with different individuals , which helped fuel things . |
| 7 | If she truly loved someone , she could not be indifferent to the fate of other people , because her beloved would be dependent on that fate , he would be part of it , and she could no longer feel that mankind 's torments , its wars and holidays , were none of her concern . |
| 8 | Here there were none of the accustomed party cant or heroics about the Revolution . |
| 9 | Being fat and forty and hating one 's wife and job were none of them socially acceptable . |
| 10 | Adrar was clean , and there were none of the African smells offensive to western noses — just the opposite . |
| 11 | They were none of them marvellous at everything . |
| 12 | The permanent staff was gradually purged to other camps until there were none of the original ‘ old people ’ left . |
| 13 | There were none of the crowds that had been there during the day and we could really pray . |
| 14 | Moreover , the papers were run as political ventures ; there were none of the commercial , management , planning and sales activities that were to be found at the Standard . |
| 15 | The fact that they were none of these things was something she had to put up with . |
| 16 | There were none of the demonstrations or obstructions which he had feared , and in fact such was the success of the play that he was featured on the cover of Time magazine on 6 March . |
| 17 | This was another of those naked spaces , so exposed it was useless — putting a chair out there to sit in the sun seemed unthinkable , there were none of the nooks and crannies or spaces that invited use . |
| 18 | I decided that the answers were none of my business , probably not , definitely not . |
| 19 | There were none of the battered paperbacks usually left abandoned after rainy afternoons in holiday houses , no near pornography and , she thought , no detective stories , until she remembered the Sherlock Holmes collection beside the bed . |
| 20 | Standards slipped but there were none of the old crowd now to witness the decay . |
| 21 | Why were none of them here ? |
| 22 | Her sister 's escapades were none of her business , she told herself . |
| 23 | But er however there were none of them struck the camp . |
| 24 | Er there were none of the incubators and this sort of thing for them like we 've got today . |
| 25 | Se had blurted out one or two things which , admittedly , were none of her business , but she certainly was n't sorry about that . |
| 26 | His sordid affairs were none of her concern provided she was n't being asked to play the part of catalyst . |
| 27 | There were none of the comforts we take for granted now . |
| 28 | Their descendants were none of these . |
| 29 | Tried to make , but I threw it out there were none of that sparkle left in it . |
| 30 | CAMRA promised us there would be security men but there were none to be seen . ’ |