Example sentences of "there [was/were] [pron] for him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Auxilliary nurses do not go on any courses so there were none for him to take . |
| 2 | There was nothing for him but a painful irony in their raucous clamour . |
| 3 | Incidentally , there was nothing for him from Paris this month . |
| 4 | There was nothing for him to do now until Kynaston had finished . |
| 5 | There was nothing for him to say . |
| 6 | He pulled the door to behind him — he was reasonably certain there was nothing for him to see in the engine-room anyway — and stooped to examine the three dead men . |
| 7 | There was nothing for him to do except settle down to some work . |
| 8 | There was nothing for him to do but play cards , which was allowed . |
| 9 | She 'd reassure him over and over that she was fine , she was safe , there was nothing for him to worry about , and Ashdown would then ring Joe and pass along anything new or helpful that he 'd been able to pick out of the conversation . |
| 10 | But there was nothing for him to see . |
| 11 | His second came at the ticket booth , where there was no-one for him to show his first-class ticket to . |