Example sentences of "[conj] it be nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed it was this failure which led ultimately to her rejection by the Conservative party which , remembering Disraeli 's warning that ‘ the Conservative party is a national party , or it is nothing ’ , was alarmed by the hostility she aroused in half the nation . |
| 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 | From now on ‘ Laura Ashley ’ was Welsh or it was nothing . |
| 5 | Platt said : ‘ It has been niggling me for some time and , although it is nothing serious , it has been decided to sort it out sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ David obviously wrote the songs and everything but I felt a lot of responsibility came on to me at that time , although it was nothing like David 's , ’ he says . |
| 7 | That it 's nothing but a coincidence ? |
| 8 | ‘ She 's told me that it 's nothing she regrets . |
| 9 | erm For example if erm two people are walking down the street and there 's a certain amount of jostling , then the victim , if he is a victim , may well consider that it 's not violent , or that it 's nothing out of the ordinary , or that it 's something which is acceptable , and then not take the matter any farther . |
| 10 | ‘ This is very interesting , ’ she said , ‘ but I 'm afraid that it is nothing more than a performance . |
| 11 | Be prepared to consider the possibility that it is nothing to do with food . |
| 12 | But the New Testament writers insist with one voice that it is nothing of the kind . |
| 13 | When the hon. Member for Derby , South is pressed , she makes a clear statement that it is nothing but an aspiration . |
| 14 | Harvey 's group , for example , found that peeling paint in the home related to lower IQ , but that it was nothing to do with lead in the paint , relating more probably to the influence of the parents . |
| 15 | He came round at once , and said that it was nothing to worry about ; Susan was worn out , that was all , and must stay in bed for a few days . |
| 16 | He retorted that it was nothing to the risk he had taken . |
| 17 | There was also the possibility that Myeloski was wrong , that it was nothing more than a string of coincidences . |
| 18 | He said that it was nothing to do with him ; it was a matter for the Department of the Environment . |
| 19 | Caroline had disappeared but it had been shown that it was nothing to do with him . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | He had done the same for old and sick people when he lived in the Borinage , so it was nothing new . |
| 22 | ‘ So it was nothing to do with my magnetic personality , outrageous sexuality , fantastic charisma ? ’ |
| 23 | Sorry to be so cryptic , and it 's nothing to worry about — in fact , quite the reverse . |
| 24 | And it 's nothing more than what they deserve , for they 're a band of turncoats . |
| 25 | You 're having some row between yourselves and it 's nothing to do with me and you never want to listen to me and — ’ |
| 26 | And it 's nothing to do with me . |
| 27 | I mean , when you get to a point where you 're playing stadiums and it 's nothing special any more , you know something 's wrong . |
| 28 | This is a very common response , and it 's nothing to worry about as long as you realize that the manager 's emphasis has to be on getting the unit to run efficiently . |
| 29 | ‘ There 's an art to tackling and it 's nothing to do with the elbows in faces , eye-poking , testicle-grabbing and raking opponents down their Achilles tendons that he talks about . |
| 30 | I know the people in these bands and it 's nothing different to what I grew up with . |