Example sentences of "[was/were] [indef pn] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In desperation she picked up the paper and turned to the TV guide , but there was nothing scheduled for the early-evening spot apart from game shows . |
| 2 | There was nothing left for me now — nothing . |
| 3 | Whitlock smiled politely , his mind still reeling from the way she had dissected his cover story , piece by piece , until there was nothing left for him to hide behind . |
| 4 | She ate without comment but there was nothing left for the dogs . |
| 5 | I 'm we knew very well she was but there was nothing left for her you know . |
| 6 | Now he has to content himself with the fact that the only replica of a Captain Cook ship he has been involved in was one built for the new shopping centre in Middlesbrough eight years ago . |
| 7 | The train she was in was one bound for south London , as perhaps all were , but it would be reached via the Bank instead of Tottenham Court Road , describing a loop through the City to do so . |
| 8 | As she sat facing him , rigidly upright , he saw that her chair was one designed for the disabled with a button in the armrest to raise the seat when she wanted help in rising . |
| 9 | Why was one stigmatised for not having it ? |