Example sentences of "it was nothing [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It was nothing five six you know children or even like that other one thirteen children .
2 It was nothing serious . ’
3 It was nothing serious , she knew that , just a bad bruise in need of cleaning , and the last person in the world she wanted to do the cleaning was him .
4 Everything went well , and it was nothing serious .
5 And it was nothing strange :
6 I 'm told it 's nothing personal ( it 's never anything personal in racing — a fellow who had just put me through the wing at Naas visited me in hospital to tell me it was nothing personal ) , but the end result is the same .
7 It was nothing personal , just the result of usage .
8 It was nothing personal .
9 Anyway , it was nothing personal .
10 ‘ 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 .
11 Nicholas was sacked by Hoddle yesterday , with the new Stamford Bridge boss admitting : ‘ It was nothing personal with Peter .
12 If it was nothing other than a short-term political fix … and then all of the 31 pits that had been threatened were to close , that would be completely unacceptable . ’
13 Winston Churchill ( C , Davyhulme ) said : ‘ If it was nothing other than a short-term political fix I do not believe it would get through the House of Commons .
14 His preoccupation with conservation has grown over the years , but even then it was nothing new .
15 He had done the same for old and sick people when he lived in the Borinage , so it was nothing new .
16 But it was nothing new to get flooded out all the time there .
17 It was nothing important . ’
18 It was nothing important , really . ’
19 When I asked him , he said , oh it was nothing different .
20 It was nothing legible — just a pencil smudge , as if something had been written there and then rubbed out with a dirty eraser .
21 To her , it was nothing dreadful after all , but she was compelled to keep silent and pay lip-service at least to the general despair , for fear she would be outlawed otherwise .
22 It was nothing unusual was it ?
23 This gave her hope , for it was nothing less than a re-birth that Maggie was aiming for .
24 But of course to Miss Hoity Toity Grenfell , it was nothing less than she expected .
25 In fact , it was nothing more than some fractured vertebrae and minor concussion .
26 In their view it was nothing more than delayed public spending in instalments .
27 It was nothing more than ridiculous hysteria and totally unreal , but only a few people saw this and John Keith in Forres was one of them .
28 It was nothing more than servants ’ gossip .
29 It was nothing more than a tap in , ’ he added .
30 There was also the possibility that Myeloski was wrong , that it was nothing more than a string of coincidences .
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