Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [was/were] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Angels posed obligingly in front of my easel and it was nothing for Christ to stand on the river in front of this Mill . |
| 8 | Anna turned all American , What can be nicer than a young couple with their way to make , and what was she for ? |
| 9 | But there was nothing for filmmakers to do but plunge on , grab every chance that came their way and hope for the best . |
| 10 | But there was nothing for it , she would have to be killed . |
| 11 | We were well aware of him stifling cries of pain , but there was nothing for it but to proceed . |
| 12 | But there was nothing for him to see . |
| 13 | There was an element of fitness training in the Scots ' routines , but there was none for the Fijians . |
| 14 | 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 . |