Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [was/were] [pron] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put it back in the trunk , disappointed that there was nothing right for me to wear and wondering what I was going to do , for I wanted to go out with Sally . |
| 2 | Emily covered her eyes , it would be so humiliating , selling everything she held dear , but there was nothing else for it , it would have to be done . |
| 3 | Plainly these were opiate receptors : but what were they there for ? |
| 4 | ‘ I knew you 'd like me to ask them , ’ she said eventually , since there was nothing else for it . |
| 5 | There is a tendency for people to approach this matter as though it were one entirely for the shipyard concerned . |