Example sentences of "be [v-ing] nothing [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The companies who thought they were buying themselves employees to stack their shelves or deliver mail are getting nothing of the sort . |
| 2 | ‘ I am doing nothing of the sort . |
| 3 | We are doing nothing of the sort . |
| 4 | It was possible , however that from a licensed dealer they would be getting nothing of the kind . |
| 5 | Well just any time , we wo n't be doing nothing until the end of May anyway . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm doing nothing of the sort . |
| 7 | ‘ Then I 'm saying nothing of the kind . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm saying nothing of the kind , ’ snapped Penry , leaping to his feet . |
| 9 | Keegan is demanding nothing like the £4,000 a week figure that has been bandied about . |
| 10 | Is not the truth of the matter not only that the Secretary of State is doing nothing about the housing needs of the service men and women who will be made redundant , but that he does not even know the facts ? |
| 11 | She opened her mouth to suggest that perhaps she could give him dinner at her hotel — and thereby eliminate any possibility of him putting his arm around her in his car — then found that she was suggesting nothing of the sort , but was asking , ‘ Did Mr Gajdusek ask you to invite me out ? ’ and was at once appalled that , Ven all too clearly not far away in her head , she had asked such a thing ! |
| 12 | It was odd , but Greg noticed Bill Clough 's eyes following them sharply : he was saying nothing to the purpose so there was no reason why he should n't watch them , but Greg , following his lead , did wonder whether Hilary 's mutterings were not of a rather different kind from Desmond 's . |
| 13 | ‘ I was doing nothing of the kind , ’ she denied crossly , turning to face him . |
| 14 | ‘ I was doing nothing of the sort ! |