Example sentences of "there [was/were] nothing [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing of the picturesque or civic excess in these stations . |
| 2 | She was aware there was nothing of the servant in her voice . |
| 3 | But there was nothing of the old maid about her . |
| 4 | Oh no there was nothing of the kind no . |
| 5 | There was nothing of the old Cath Cathy usually enjoying more of a good laugh , she was always happy and cheerful , then she fell victim to a rare diso disorder |
| 6 | the sticker was at the bottom , and there was nothing at the top and she , and she was still looking down at it , in other words there was nothing in it before |
| 7 | ‘ There was nothing outside the building — just a bit of rustling in the trees . |
| 8 | Soon there was nothing except the laboured surging of the engine and his head jolting on his spindly neck and a swarm of red dust in the rear window . |
| 9 | He looked in the shed but there was nothing except the dank smell of bare , sour soil . |
| 10 | But no one barred the way , no one waved , there was nothing across the road . |
| 11 | There was nothing about the arrest of Theo Sykes but that might be because the news had broken too late . |
| 12 | There was nothing about the man 's voice , nothing about what he said that cast any doubt on his motives . |
| 13 | All the studio guys used hopped-up Fenders , and all the rock players used Marshalls , but ultimately there was nothing on the front of the amp that said my name . |
| 14 | ‘ But there was nothing on the horizon . |
| 15 | But there was nothing on the bed . |
| 16 | There was nothing on the seven o'clock news ; she listened again at eight and nine but still there was no mention of the hunt for Rick Lawrence . |
| 17 | Sometimes he 'd look across at me , when my mum was deep in a copy of Psychic News and there was nothing on the television , any time from May to October . |
| 18 | Then there was nothing but the river running wide and strong and dark and it was as if the highway had never existed . |
| 19 | At one point he knelt down and parted the heather with his hands , so sure was he that he had found it , but there was nothing but the scree and the tiny plants which grew amongst it . |
| 20 | There was nothing but the faint image of the stained glass in the front door where the moonlight streamed through , the ticking of the clock , the bundle of coats hanging from the hallstand . |
| 21 | And then there was nothing but the ruin of the forests and a cloud of dust on the horizon , which drifted away on the breeze . |
| 22 | For a while there was nothing but the click of ammunition , the scrape of boots , and the stink of Woolley 's rancour . |
| 23 | Beyond the wall there was nothing but the wildwood , a tangle of small oaks and patchy flowers , not yet destroyed by winter . |
| 24 | We can assume that the Norse invasions of the later ninth and tenth centuries had some influence on the more vulnerable coastal churches , but there was nothing like the disruption which drove many northern bishoprics southwards for over a century . |
| 25 | Mark Benson won the toss for Kent and , as is customary these days , put Hampshire in But 11 o'clock on a July morning is very different from 10.30am in September and , while it was cloudy , there was nothing like the assistance the bowlers will expect to find at the start of the NatWest Trophy final later in the year . |
| 26 | There I mean there was nothing like the bombing that 's been going on , well , at least that 's what we 're told , the bombing that 's been going on over the last twenty four , forty eight hours of Baghdad for instance . |
| 27 | It was a shame that there was nothing from the boy 's mother , but then it was only Thursday and perhaps since war had been declared the post was being delayed . |
| 28 | There was nothing in the studies on the differences between individual catholic schools , either in terms of pupil experiences or the varieties of educational practice and personnel in each school . |
| 29 | He felt apart ; withdrawn ; like Newman , feeling there was nothing in the world but God and his soul . |
| 30 | Rose wished that they could be married quickly but now that there was nothing in the way of it Moran grew cautious and evasive . |