Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] nothing of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am doing nothing of the sort . |
| 2 | ‘ Then I 'm saying nothing of the kind . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm saying nothing of the kind , ’ snapped Penry , leaping to his feet . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm doing nothing of the sort . |
| 5 | ‘ I was doing nothing of the sort ! |
| 6 | ‘ I was doing nothing of the kind , ’ she denied crossly , turning to face him . |
| 7 | She opened her mouth to suggest that perhaps she could give him dinner at her hotel — and thereby eliminate any possibility of him putting his arm around her in his car — then found that she was suggesting nothing of the sort , but was asking , ‘ Did Mr Gajdusek ask you to invite me out ? ’ and was at once appalled that , Ven all too clearly not far away in her head , she had asked such a thing ! |
| 8 | We are doing nothing of the sort . |