Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] nothing [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The natives were treacherous people , as everyone knew , ungodly and faithless , and their early shows of friendship were nothing but a ruse to lull the pioneers into a false feeling of security , so that they could ensnare them in their false enchantments , pounce on them unawares and kill them while they slept . |
| 2 | Next morning the whole village was nothing but an island in a lake of rain . |
| 3 | And when they got there , they found that both anticipation and anxiety had overestimated the occasion , for like the reception at the Hôtel de Ville , the dance was nothing but a stifling , uncomfortable , noisy , joyless crush . |
| 4 | Her ill-humour was nothing but a habit . |
| 5 | The women believed that the PDC 's stated concern for their welfare was nothing but a hollow promise : |
| 6 | To managers of Banstead the policy was nothing but a hindrance and they felt that if the Department of Health insisted on the ancillary services of the hospital being offered to private tender , the process of counselling staff and keeping good industrial relations during the rundown would be railroaded . |
| 7 | According to clerical conservatives , liberalism was nothing but a permanent Masonic conspiracy . |
| 8 | The slave was nothing in the eyes of the law . |
| 9 | And that voice was nothing like the voice he had heard on the tape of church music . |
| 10 | His death was nothing but an absurd , ludicrous accident . |