Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [was/were] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | His second came at the ticket booth , where there was no-one for him to show his first-class ticket to . |
| 2 | But the more she thought about his arrogant assumptions , his conceited certainty that she was his for the taking , the more she bristled with indignation … |
| 3 | It had to be admitted that there was plenty for the voters to be disgruntled about . |
| 4 | For example , on high policy common opinion said that there was nothing for it but to stay in the ERM . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Later , Hazel had said that there was nothing for it but to cross the open pasture and under Silver 's direction they had crossed it , with Dandelion running ahead to reconnoitre . |
| 7 | As we started the long walk back across the tundra to Camp Bell , we decided that there was nothing for it but to establish a base camp at the foot of the cliffs . |
| 8 | Immediately she 'd sensed that this was wrong , that there was nothing for her in this office , and that she 'd be at risk if she stayed around a moment longer than was necessary . |
| 9 | Knowing that there was nothing for it but to go and apologise and , if possible , explain that her regularly serviced car was misbehaving , Fabia had her hand on the door-handle when she realised that she had no need to move . |
| 10 | Auxilliary nurses do not go on any courses so there were none for him to take . |
| 11 | There was nothing he wanted to see at any of the nearby cinemas , he 'd be irritable company in the local pub where he was a contender in a small bar-billiards school , so there was nothing for it but to spend the time watching television with the other sinners . |
| 12 | That avenue was obviously closed to us and there was nothing for it but to go en masse to Jimmy Coutts and lay our case before him . |
| 13 | This was a disaster of some magnitude , and there was nothing for it but to seek the man out and tell him what had happened . |
| 14 | She found she had torn most of the mourning band away from her sleeve and there was nothing for it but to pull it off entirely . |
| 15 | And then the drawbridge was falling , with a clanking and a whirring of machinery and the light was pouring into the courtyard and the Gnomes were cheering and the giants were nodding to one another , and there was nothing for it but to ride away with Snodgrass , with Balor loping along at their side , with Fenella behind in the hands of the Gruagach . |
| 16 | And there was nothing for my father had a few drinks you know and he 'd come home and he he 'd just come he 'd he 'd b be whistling coming up the street you know . |
| 17 | Then , as she passed the door of the room where the dancing was , Robert appeared , and there was nothing for it but to repeat Dawn 's message . |
| 18 | Always worrying you if there was something for the least . |
| 19 | Angels posed obligingly in front of my easel and it was nothing for Christ to stand on the river in front of this Mill . |
| 20 | None of these friends knew much about funerals , but if it was something for Conor then , yes , they 'd like to come along . |
| 21 | Anna turned all American , What can be nicer than a young couple with their way to make , and what was she for ? |
| 22 | But there was nothing for filmmakers to do but plunge on , grab every chance that came their way and hope for the best . |
| 23 | But there was nothing for it , she would have to be killed . |
| 24 | We were well aware of him stifling cries of pain , but there was nothing for it but to proceed . |
| 25 | But there was nothing for him to see . |
| 26 | There was an element of fitness training in the Scots ' routines , but there was none for the Fijians . |
| 27 | This was the place where we saw the 1:1,000,000 map , but there were none for sale , and in general the airfield was pretty sleepy . |