Example sentences of "[pron] be [v-ing] nothing [prep] the " in BNC.
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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 | 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 ! |
8 | We are doing nothing of the sort . |
9 | 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 . |