Example sentences of "be nothing for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He longed to do some real work that would give him some satisfaction at the end of a day , yet there seemed to be nothing for him to do . |
| 2 | A new Jump Pattern has been worked out and some new races created specifically for horses whose optimum trip is two and a half miles , a distance not previously catered for at championship level both over hurdles and fences , although there will still be nothing for novice chasers over that distance at the Cheltenham Festival . |
| 3 | There appeared to be nothing for him to do but make his way back to the Inn on the Point , collect his own belongings and return to London . |
| 4 | If one place could not be distinguished from another there would be nothing for me to seem to be saying in saying , ‘ Here ’ in answer to ‘ Where are you ? ’ . |
| 5 | If all were clear , undilemmatic and utterly consistent for the members of a society , there would be nothing for them to argue about , and thereby nothing about which to deliberate . |
| 6 | Work hard , get in more business but there will be nothing for you at the end . |
| 7 | And what does say about that ? says that we will keep the level of charges down in the now privately owned companies providing public utilities so there 'll be nothing for dividends . |
| 8 | ‘ There 'll be nothing for hours . |
| 9 | The management committee will meet and it will divide the money into two and give each one however much the management committee feels that it should have and that management committee need not meet again for twelve months because there will be nothing for it to do . |
| 10 | ‘ God , Nurse , ’ Ted exclaimed virtuously , ‘ There 's nothing for a hot-blooded sinner like me to do when he sees you coming , except close his eyes and pray for continence . ’ |
| 11 | There 's nothing for it but to clamber , wheezing and bursting of heart , up the steep steps ( 300 and more ) of one of the deepest shafts of the Underground to air and freedom . |
| 12 | There 's nothing for me to do . |
| 13 | ‘ Sarn-Major tells me there 's nothing for Memoranda this morning , so officers can fall out . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's nothing for you to snigger at . ’ |
| 15 | There 's nothing for you to worry about . ’ |
| 16 | There 's nothing for it now but to get back as fast as we can the way we 've come . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I think it is very important to encourage younger women to see that it is possible to combine a career with having a family , that you do n't miss out on your children — my son wakes up every Saturday so excited that it 's the weekend , not because he does n't have a lovely time during the week , but because there 's nothing for him quite like his parents . ’ |
| 18 | The cover price is about £5 less , quite often we sell many , many more — but it 's nothing for anybody to get too hysterical about , ’ she adds . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's nothing for them to smile about , ’ I said , quite shocked at their callousness . |
| 20 | There 's nothing for you to fear , |
| 21 | There 's nothing for me to do . |
| 22 | There 's nothing for him to do , is there ? |
| 23 | If you do n't get it , there 's nothing for me to add . |
| 24 | There 's nothing for it . |
| 25 | There 's nothing for you here , she 'd say , nothing here that you ca n't come back and buy . |
| 26 | ‘ No , not exactly , but there 's nothing for you to do . |
| 27 | An but the National Health for his er , he got medical treatment for himself , but there 's nothing for his family , or his children , they had to pay the Doctor . |
| 28 | ‘ And if we 're to outwit these giants , there 's nothing for it but for me to call up the Draoicht Suan . |
| 29 | ‘ There 's nothing for it when you reach the Point of No Return — except to come back . ’ |
| 30 | There 's nothing for me here , she told herself . |