Example sentences of "it was nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Geoffrey did n't care that we were poor , it was nothing to do with that . |
| 2 | Why did I bother to tell her , only to have her shout at me , accuse me of being crazy to wake her up for that and tell me to keep my nose out of her brother 's business , especially since it was nothing to do with me . |
| 3 | It was nothing really radical in terms of modern design — even apart from Malcolm having adapted it from a picture — but it had great presence . |
| 4 | This gave her hope , for it was nothing less than a re-birth that Maggie was aiming for . |
| 5 | ‘ I told them it was nothing . |
| 6 | But it was nothing . ’ |
| 7 | God , it was all so … well , it was nothing . |
| 8 | ‘ Anyway , I knew it was nothing when he came in . ’ |
| 9 | His preoccupation with conservation has grown over the years , but even then it was nothing new . |
| 10 | In fact , it was nothing more than some fractured vertebrae and minor concussion . |
| 11 | In their view it was nothing more than delayed public spending in instalments . |
| 12 | If I had trouble with the health unions on contracting out , it was nothing compared with my problems on manpower numbers . |
| 13 | Way up above in the light at the top of the well Mrs Parvis was speaking but Dot knew it was nothing to do with her . |
| 14 | And it was nothing strange : |
| 15 | Chilly as it was , it was nothing compared to the day little Rizla came kicking into a snowy world of white . |
| 16 | Sombro was presenting a common behaviour problem for male dogs , and it was nothing to do with high-strung pedigree breeding , failure to live up to expectations of unreasonable or over-demanding owners , or lack of freedom or space . |
| 17 | If I discounted 75 percent of what he intimated , there was a lot to suspect but it was nothing hard and fast . ’ |
| 18 | It was nothing that I was responsible for . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It was nothing but the stench of dead , rotting rats and of bats ' dung . |
| 21 | ‘ It was nothing to do with whether you could cope or not . |
| 22 | If members of a conquering nation called upon the nation they had conquered and continued to hold down to forget their specific nationality and position , to ‘ sink national differences ’ and so forth , that was not internationalism , it was nothing else but preaching to them submission to the yoke , and attempting to justify and perpetuate the domination of the conqueror under the cloak of internationalism . |
| 23 | Playing like we played was n't lying at all , it was nothing to do with lying . |
| 24 | Oh well , it was nothing really . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | And anyway , after all , it was nothing to say , I mean , that I was taking the towels over for you . ’ |
| 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 | In the early years of his premiership he was very sharp , though , as Iain Macleod recalled , ‘ he could be maddeningly discursive — it was nothing to reach a decision on an enquiry into rating via the Greek Wars and Parnell ’ . |
| 29 | Angels posed obligingly in front of my easel and it was nothing for Christ to stand on the river in front of this Mill . |
| 30 | It was nothing . ’ |