Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] nothing [prep] the " 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 | 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 ? |
| 3 | Keegan is demanding nothing like the £4,000 a week figure that has been bandied about . |
| 4 | The troubled couple are paid nothing from the Civil List . |
| 5 | Felicity was wearing nothing but the great swirl of hair and the flower in it . |