Example sentences of "[noun sg] it be nothing " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | At the moment it 's nothing . ’ |
| 2 | Now you may think the budget was today 's big story , but for the people of one town it was nothing compared to a row over a much-loved local landmark . |
| 3 | Thank goodness it was nothing more serious . |
| 4 | Lucille 's home was very grandly called a château , though in truth it was nothing more than a large moated farm with a crenellated tower to remind passers-by that the building had once been a small fortress . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | You dug up a spadeful of earth , but by the time you threw it on the rampart it was nothing but muddy water . |
| 7 | And erm he he said it 's stupid , he said they were given all this and it 's the homework it 's nothing to do with the revision you 've got to do in his the exams ! |
| 8 | summer house , yeah , yeah , and he 's got a patio outside , did n't , it 's a only a patio it 's nothing , it 's not covered in or anything but there 's steps up to it and that and , and that 's it , he 's got nothing in his garden , it 's lawn and |
| 9 | If you are on your own in a hovel it is nothing other than miserable . |
| 10 | Of course it 's nothing to do with me . ’ |
| 11 | In the vast silence it was nothing . |
| 12 | On the one hand it is nothing and asks for nothing , on the other it is the secret and silent source of the destruction of everything . |
| 13 | ‘ In a way it is nothing new , these are the oldest thoughts in the world . |
| 14 | If you , if you 're telling him not to look at it , they say look the other way it 's nothing to do with you . |
| 15 | In actual fact it is nothing of the kind . |
| 16 | But it is , to my mind , a much more dangerous and insidious type of fiction than Dallas for it poses as an exercise in statutory construction , when in fact it is nothing of the sort . |
| 17 | For instance , a book on the influence of religious tradition on the education of women in Britain and India might include substantial chapters or whole sections on Hinduism , Buddhism and Christianity ; if the indexer therefore indexed HINDUISM , BUDDHISM , CHRISTIANITY , RELIGION , EDUCATION , WOMEN , INDIA , BRITAIN , the later combination of individual facets such as HINDUISM and BRITAIN might suggest , falsely , that the book was about Hinduism in Britain when in fact it was nothing of the kind . |
| 18 | In their view it was nothing more than delayed public spending in instalments . |