Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] nothing [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | ‘ I am doing nothing of the sort . |
| 2 | ‘ Then I 'm saying nothing of the kind . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm saying nothing of the kind , ’ snapped Penry , leaping to his feet . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm doing nothing of the sort . |
| 5 | ‘ I was doing nothing of the sort ! |
| 6 | ‘ I was doing nothing of the kind , ’ she denied crossly , turning to face him . |
| 7 | Subject presumes perceived er speaker as pr prestigious and authoritative and they perceived that there might be future interaction with him perceived his speech is more similar to their own than subjects who were told nothing about the speaker . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | We are doing nothing of the sort . |
| 10 | We are told nothing about the heir he instituted . |
| 11 | 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 . |