Example sentences of "was [verb] nothing [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! |
| 2 | Felicity was wearing nothing but the great swirl of hair and the flower in it . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I was doing nothing of the sort ! |
| 5 | ‘ I was doing nothing of the kind , ’ she denied crossly , turning to face him . |