NO + noun + verbING

At A2, English users can use a range of determiners, such as No + noun. Following this noun phrase with a gerund must be at the very least B1.

A search in the NOW corpus for:

no _NN _VVG

1 NO PROBLEM GETTING 977

There was no problem getting the GPS information since we have to wait for the satellite to pick it up.

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A further search in COCA for collocates:

1 HAVE 66
2 HAD 25
3 SHOULD 8
4 DATES 4
5  JOB 4

2 NO TIME GETTING 862

West Chester wastes no time getting down the floor.

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3 NO EVIDENCE LINKING 738

Hallahan always denied he had anything to do with Vogel‘s deathand there was no evidence linking him to her disappearance.

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4 NO TROUBLE FINDING 736

I trust you had no trouble finding the castle.

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5 NO POINT TRYING 714
6 NO MONEY COMING 597
7 NO TROUBLE GETTING 587
8 NO PROBLEM FINDING 562
9 NO POINT GOING 510
10 NO POINT GETTING 396
11 NO EVIDENCE SUGGESTING 393
12 NO TIME MAKING 379
13 NO PROBLEM TAKING 370
14 NO PROBLEM GOING 364
15 NO EVIDENCE SHOWING 336
16 NO POINT TALKING 328
17 NO PAYWALL LOCKING 318
18 NO LEVEL PLAYING 293
19 NO GAIN SAYING 291
20 NO PROBLEM MAKING 270
21 NO PROBLEM PAYING 262
22 NO EVIDENCE SUPPORTING 261
23 NO INCOME COMING 252
24 NO TIME REMAINING 250
25 NO POINT LOOKING 247
26 NO PROBLEM USING 247
27 NO PROBLEM PLAYING 244
28 NO PROBLEM SAYING 244
29 NO PROBLEMS GETTING 243
30 NO LOAD SHEDDING 238
31 NO POINT PRETENDING 232
32 NO PROBLEM WORKING 224
33 NO PROBLEM PUTTING 221
34 NO PROBLEM GIVING 216
35 NO POINT PUTTING 212
36 NO EVIDENCE INDICATING 202
37 NO LAW REQUIRING 201
38 NO BUSINESS GETTING 192
39 NO BUSINESS GOING 191
40 NO TIME TAKING 189
41 NO TIME PUTTING 185
42 NO REVENUE COMING 179
43 NO LAW PROHIBITING 178
44 NO WAY TRYING 175
45 NO BUSINESS INTERFERING 175
46 NO POINT SAYING 172
47 NO POINT WASTING 170
48 NO POINT TAKING 170
49 NO BUSINESS WINNING 169
50 NO PROBLEM TELLING 169
51 NO PROBLEM TALKING 157
52 NO POINT WORRYING 155
53 NO USE TRYING 153

There was no use trying to emancipate a wife who hadn’t the dimmest notion that she was not free.

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54 NO PROBLEM KEEPING 148
55 NO POINT MAKING 146
56 NO TROUBLE KEEPING 141
57 NO POINT PLAYING 138
58 NO POINT COMPLAINING 136
59 NO BUSINESS TELLING 136
60 NO PROBLEM ADMITTING 135
61 NO EXPERIENCE WORKING 134
62 NO POINT ARGUING 134
63 NO PROBLEM CALLING 130
64 NO PROBLEM ACCEPTING 130
65 NO ISSUES GETTING 128
66 NO WAY SUGGESTING 128
67 NO SILVER LINING 127
68 NO POINT THINKING 126
69 NO EVIDENCE POINTING 126
70 NO LUCK FINDING 123
71 NO HORSES RUNNING 122
72 NO BUSINESS TRYING 122
73 NO POINT GIVING 120
74 NO BENEFITS RESPONDING 120
75 NO BUSINESS PLAYING 119
76 NO TROUBLE MAKING 118
77 NO INFORMATION INDICATING 115
78 NO LAW PREVENTING 114
79 NO PROBLEM MOVING 114
80 NO WAY SAYING 112
81 NO PROBLEM SPEAKING 112
82 NO PROBLEM LETTING 112
83 NO POINT DENYING 112