Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] nothing [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men , it seemed , were scarcely tolerated in the Jarman household and Mr Hawkins was nothing but a leftover from the days when old Mr Jarman was alive . |
| 2 | Unfortunately Dunbar was nothing like a full day 's ride from Dalwolsey , barely twenty miles , and by fair roads ; and Fraser , a grizzled veteran , was scarcely the man to try to involve in an unnecessary overnight stop in the interests of romance , however chivalric . |
| 3 | To Lord John , Sharpe was nothing but a killer who had been trained and hardened to death on innumerable battlefields , while Lord John had only ever brought about the death of foxes . |
| 4 | Even the early varieties developed in the time of Browning and Tennyson were nothing like the splendours of today , and one wonders what the genius of their poetic expressions would have made of the ethereal glow in the half light of ‘ Super Star ’ ( see page 129 ) , the exquisite shape and deepest of all crimson-black red of ‘ Charles Mallerin ’ or a hundred and one other modern marvels . |
| 5 | Yet those are mistaken who imagine ( as , for example , Warnie did ) that Mrs Moore was nothing but a distraction from the serious business of work . |
| 6 | Hari was angry as she walked back through the streets towards her home , Emily Grenfell was nothing but a snob , she thought everyone beneath her . |
| 7 | Luke Calder was nothing but a ruthless manipulator who made people do what he wanted when he wanted it , yet all she could think of was that she wanted to feel again the hot urgency of his mouth ! |
| 8 | Marie Claire was nothing like a nun and made a noise as she walked in her high-heeled shoes . |
| 9 | It was obvious now that to most of these women Luke was nothing but a boss . |