Example sentences of "[coord] there [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 | But there was nothing for filmmakers to do but plunge on , grab every chance that came their way and hope for the best . |
8 | But there was nothing for it , she would have to be killed . |
9 | We were well aware of him stifling cries of pain , but there was nothing for it but to proceed . |
10 | But there was nothing for him to see . |
11 | There was an element of fitness training in the Scots ' routines , but there was none for the Fijians . |
12 | 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 . |