A. Christie, And Then There was Noneの英語（初版）

　気がつくままに，個人的な興味に従って構文ごとに挙げてみる。頁番号不明な例は三連疑問符で示した。後で補完したい。考察は追々進めていく。
１．動詞の補文
　doubtは一般的にthat節を取るとされているが，if節を取る例が多く見られる。以下かっこ内はページ数を示す。
(1) a. “There remains Rogers. Though I doubt if his evidence will add anything to our sum of knowledge. (133)
     b. … and I doubt if he's in good enough training to do that and show no signs of it. (139)
     c. Philp Lombard said: ‘Yes, but I doubt if he could have killed Marcarthur. He wouldn’t have had time during that brief interval when I left him. (139)
      d. Mr Justice Wargrave's finger was stroking his chin. He said: 'I doubt if our search will result in anything. Our murderer has had plenty of time to devise a hiding-place. I do not fancy we shall find that revolver easily.' (170)
      e. I've no objection...' The doctor murmured:“The best thing to do-although I doubt if any of us will sleep.' (186)
doubtは「疑う」の意味であり，補文の真が疑問に付されていると考えられる。ifを使うことで，if以下が真であることが前提となっていないことが示されると考えられる。

　preventの補文に完了不定詞。
(2) Granting that Armstrong was mad, what was to prevent him having killed off all the others and then committed suicide by throwing himself over the cliff, …? (???)

２．受動態
　自動詞＋前置詞が他動詞と再分析されての受動態。
(3) a. He found Armstrong up and nearly dressed. Mr Justice Wargrave, like Blore, had to be roused from sleep. Vera Claythorne was dressed. Emily Brent's room was empty. The little party moved through the house. Rogers' room, as Philip Lombard had already ascertained, was untenanted. The bed had been slept in, and his razor and sponge and soap were wet. (150)
前置詞目的語が受動態主語となる例。受動態主語が何らかの特質変化を起こす場合に容認されることはよく知られている。

３．同格
　同格と言うと，名詞との並列が良く言及されるが，次は文全体の同格の例，動詞句と同格の例と考えられる。
(4) a. The others went upstairs, a slow unwilling procession. (64)
      b. The five of them went upstairs, a silent procession. (168)
(5) Healthy young men didn’t die like that, choking over a whisky and soda …(61)

４．倒置
　情報構造に起因する自動詞の倒置。
(6) a. Into this relaxed atmosphere came Rogers. (146)
     b. In the centre of the round table, on a circular glass stand, were some little china figures. (34)
      c. Outside, lying in a huddled mass, was Mrs Rogers. (38)
BE動詞を軸にした倒置。(6b, c)は前置要素が２つある。

５．言い直し
(7) 'It's gone, sir, clean vanished. I was going round drawing all the curtains and the one in the lav―bathroom wasn't there any longer.'
lavatoryをbathroomで言い直している。婉曲表現を好むということか。

６．右方転移
　一見したところ外置のように見えるが，右方転移と考えるべき。
(8) a. ‘Don’t stare like that! As though you thought I was mad. It’s sane what I’m asking…’(153)
     b.  ‘Isnt’ it very risky, what he’s doing?’ (???)
(9) a. The others would die – yes – but not she, Emily Brent. (159)
      b. They come too late, so many of these people. (58)
       c. It had gathered slowly – that cold murderous rage. (???)
(10) Not been to a doctor for years – neither of us. (75)
(10)では主語省略も見られる。

７．現在完了進行形
　完了用法の例。
(11) I’ve just been reading that travel folder so I can talk about it all right. (???)

８．There存在文
(12) a. There had been that nice middle-aged woman–Miss–Miss–now what was her name?-- her father had been a Canon. (???)
        b. He went over in his mind all that had appeared in the papers about Soldier Island. There had been its original purchase by an American millionaire who was crazy about yachting – (1)
　いずれも主語が定である。

９．左方転移
(13) a. This Soldier Island, now, he’d be interested to see it. (???)
       b. Fred Narracott, he come over every morning, sir. (60)

１０．従属節内の倒置
(14) A mantelpiece bare of ornaments save for an enormous block of white marble shaped like a bear, a piece of modern sculpture in which was inset a clock. (???)

１１．話題化
(15) a. Beautiful weather we are having.’ (???)
       b. Wicked lies, it was. (41)
新情報の話題化の例。
(16) a. And why not, I’d like to know? (???)   
        b. Well off I should say he was.
(16b)は従属節内からの話題化（ただし主節がbridge verbである）。

１２．自由間接話法
例は多数あるが，2つだけ挙げる。
(17) a. How hot it was travelling by train today! (3)
       b. Though probably they were mostly untrue. (???)

１３．関係節
(18) a . The sea – its deep warm blue – mornings spent lying out on the sands –Hugo – Hugo who said he loved her… (???)
       b. Blore was looking at Lombard who returned his gaze. (168)
       b. Lombard, who had been staring at Blore, said suddenly:
　先行詞が固有名詞に制限用法・非制限用法の関係節が付いている。
(20) I received a letter with a signature that was not very easy to read. (46)
　断定関係節の例。

１４．VP前置
(22) a. Devoted to her, we were. (56)
        b. Sleeping beautiful, she is. (64)

１５．進行形
(23) I’ve been worrying about it all night.
　worryの進行形

１６．色のメタファー
(24) Armstrong stood with his back to the window. Four pairs of eyes were on him, black with suspicion and accusation.
　blackの隠喩的意味。