Example sentences of "there [was/were] [pron] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put it back in the trunk , disappointed that there was nothing right for me to wear and wondering what I was going to do , for I wanted to go out with Sally . |
| 2 | There was nothing else for it . |
| 3 | There was nothing else for it . |
| 4 | There was nothing else for them — just the workhouse and dependence on charity . |
| 5 | There was nothing else for it , she would have to apologise . |
| 6 | There was nothing else for Sir John to do but marry again ; unfortunately , he died before he could accomplish this . |
| 7 | Emily covered her eyes , it would be so humiliating , selling everything she held dear , but there was nothing else for it , it would have to be done . |
| 8 | Now there was nothing else for it . |
| 9 | There was nothing else for it . |
| 10 | She dried cups , saucers and plates on a soaking cloth for there was nothing else for her to do . |
| 11 | Once he had heard of Charlotte 's predicament , however — explained to him in a quiet corner of the Beau Nash Tavern , Mount Ephraim — he realized there was nothing else for it . |
| 12 | ‘ I knew you 'd like me to ask them , ’ she said eventually , since there was nothing else for it . |
| 13 | Taking her sister 's hand , she found there was nothing else for it , but she must press to the point . |
| 14 | There was nothing else for it . |
| 15 | So there was nothing else for it but Rule of Life No 4 : Never hit a man when he 's down ; run over him . |
| 16 | There was nothing else for us you know . |
| 17 | There was nothing here for the average tourist , nothing for my friends Jim and Mary , who go off every year on a package tour . |