Example sentences of "there [was/were] [pron] for [pron] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bottom line was that there was nothing for them to do and those thoroughbred young men were too bright and too vigorous to put up with endless bull . |
| 2 | There was nothing for him to do now until Kynaston had finished . |
| 3 | There was nothing for him to do except settle down to some work . |
| 4 | There was nothing for him to do but play cards , which was allowed . |
| 5 | There was nothing for me to do , I was too young to get a work permit , and mum was determined we were n't going to start breaking the law the minute we 'd got there , so she called Auntie Muriel and Auntie Muriel said why not . |