1.  A Antibiotics in your system can affect a permanent wave, giving poor or no results at all.

2.  A baby born out of wedlock was a horrible sin for which there was no forgiveness.

3.  A bad burn could mean no usable clinker and hence no pay.

4.  A barrier had risen where no barrier had been before.

5.  A battle of wills, no less, between pursuer and prey.

6.  A bell sounded somewhere in the house but there was no response.

7.  A big house, with no smoke rising from the chimneys.

8.  A blind dog is no use to a shepherd.

9.  A boyfriend offered me a weekend in Amman, with no strings attached.