Example sentences of "[conj] there [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 It had to be admitted that there was plenty for the voters to be disgruntled about .
3 For example , on high policy common opinion said that there was nothing for it but to stay in the ERM .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Auxilliary nurses do not go on any courses so there were none for him to take .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 Always worrying you if there was something for the least .
18 But there was nothing for filmmakers to do but plunge on , grab every chance that came their way and hope for the best .
19 But there was nothing for it , she would have to be killed .
20 We were well aware of him stifling cries of pain , but there was nothing for it but to proceed .
21 But there was nothing for him to see .
22 There was an element of fitness training in the Scots ' routines , but there was none for the Fijians .
23 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 .
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