Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] it be nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angels posed obligingly in front of my easel and it was nothing for Christ to stand on the river in front of this Mill . |
| 2 | The notion of freedom may permit of degrees therefore ; whereas right is a right or it is nothing . |
| 3 | It is a people business or it is nothing . |
| 4 | It 's relevant because at a time when I lived through the means test the one that , the real one , er then that would have been a very serious point because you could switch and turn and twist the means test in such a way that people would be continually at a disadvantage and the nearest I can think of what the effect of that was , living in a very working town , a very industrial working town and it was nothing like as bad as the one in London more recently , was the homelessness of cardboard boxes cities in London . |
| 5 | ‘ A game like the Baa Baas should put 10 per cent or whatever into the funds of the visiting team because it is nothing to do with England . |
| 6 | I like to ‘ shoot ’ every Whaddon game and it is nothing for Jock to spend a whole weekend analysing , in minute detail , every little aspect of his instruction manual in the hope he can learn to operate the video machine . |
| 7 | But the New Testament writers insist with one voice that it is nothing of the kind . |
| 8 | She did eventually die of a heart attack but it was nothing to do with Luke . ’ |
| 9 | " And everywhere he is in chains ! " cried the Collector urgently in his delirium , causing both young ladies to turn anxiously towards his bed but it was nothing , merely a passing fancy in his overheated brain . |
| 10 | It pretends to be about local government when it is nothing of the sort . |
| 11 | When the hon. Member for Derby , South is pressed , she makes a clear statement that it is nothing but an aspiration . |
| 12 | Be prepared to consider the possibility that it is nothing to do with food . |
| 13 | ‘ After a while I stopped blaming myself and simply accepted the fact that it was nothing personal , no major failing on my part , it was simply the way Claire was . |