Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] it be nothing " in BNC.

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1 But he would also say as a race it was nothing special : as a race it was ‘ out of all proportion to the fame and fortune ’ and needed ‘ no more ability than any other place ’ .
2 If you are on your own in a hovel it is nothing other than miserable .
3 In a way it is nothing new , these are the oldest thoughts in the world .
4 You dug up a spadeful of earth , but by the time you threw it on the rampart it was nothing but muddy water .
5 At the moment it 's nothing . ’
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