under no circumstances

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not for any reason. Abby's mother said that under no circumstances could Abby go out with her pals.

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I wish you to know that under no circumstances would I have lowered myself by-- under no circumstances would I have given men the chance of saying that I sought money under the pretext of seeking--something else. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context The man, as a matter of fact, under no circumstances, ever cared a brass farthing for what I or anybody else in his ship thought. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context As the first dwar passed in with his utan I cautioned him to listen closely for my commands, and under no circumstances to venture into the open, or leave the pits for the temple proper until I should have come up with him, "or you know that I died before I could reach you. The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context More results

References in classic literature

I wish you to know that under no circumstances would I have lowered myself by-- under no circumstances would I have given men the chance of saying that I sought money under the pretext of seeking--something else.

Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context

The man, as a matter of fact, under no circumstances, ever cared a brass farthing for what I or anybody else in his ship thought.

The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context

As the first dwar passed in with his utan I cautioned him to listen closely for my commands, and under no circumstances to venture into the open, or leave the pits for the temple proper until I should have come up with him, "or you know that I died before I could reach you.

The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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