Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [was/were] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed there was nothing for her after all , no warm fire , no nursery comfort , no being needed . |
| 2 | And then Lisabeth came to see what the noise was and he must have thought she was you for a minute — we had the curtains drawn , you see . |
| 3 | Out on the ridge that night he decided there was nothing for it . |
| 4 | Grant 's eyes and throat were stinging from the thickening smoke , so he decided there was nothing for it but to check the mechanism of his shotgun . |
| 5 | Two good pieces of gear had encouraged me to make the move , but once started there was nothing for 15 feet . |
| 6 | That meant it was mine for keeps . |
| 7 | Tante Héloise said there was nothing for you here , and that you 'd soon be gone . ’ |
| 8 | It would have meant nothing to that pervert to let her stay … he had wielded the knife , the cruel swine … telling her he regretted there was nothing for her when all the time he was still hiring people … examining her through that monocle as though he was God … |