Example sentences of "there [was/were] [indef pn] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | There was nothing for me to do , I was too young to get a work permit , and mum was determined we were n't going to start breaking the law the minute we 'd got there , so she called Auntie Muriel and Auntie Muriel said why not . |
| 32 | There was nothing for him to do now until Kynaston had finished . |
| 33 | There was nothing for him to say . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | There was nothing for it but that she visit the company directors in person and see if she could persuade them of her determination to rebuild the business . |
| 36 | There was nothing for him to do except settle down to some work . |
| 37 | The bottom line was that there was nothing for them to do and those thoroughbred young men were too bright and too vigorous to put up with endless bull . |
| 38 | There was nothing for it but to await events … |
| 39 | There was nothing for it but for the two young men themselves to go to Lucy 's aid so , clearing their minds of any impure notions , they darted forward and seized her humming body , one by the shoulders , the other by the knees . |
| 40 | There was nothing for women and children and nowhere for women to go . |
| 41 | Later , Hazel had said that there was nothing for it but to cross the open pasture and under Silver 's direction they had crossed it , with Dandelion running ahead to reconnoitre . |
| 42 | There was nothing for it but to accept defeat , which he did with an ill grace , stamping off in disgust followed by the jeers of the crowd and several small boys who ran behind him mimicking his rolling gait . |
| 43 | There was nothing for it but to tell her the truth . |
| 44 | There was nothing for it to work on . |
| 45 | It would have meant nothing to that pervert to let her stay … he had wielded the knife , the cruel swine … telling her he regretted there was nothing for her when all the time he was still hiring people … examining her through that monocle as though he was God … |
| 46 | There was nothing for Branson to do now but cut his losses , and trust to a return of the Branson luck . |
| 47 | Naturally I never thought the daft sod would , and so there was nothing for it , I had to do likewise and follow him , a/2 la buff , into the showers . |
| 48 | Well , there was nothing for it , I had to lay down the law in no uncertain terms . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | There was nothing for it . |
| 51 | There was nothing for me going on down there , so I come to Nottingham to give it a try . |
| 52 | There was nothing for me to hold on to prevent myself from getting closer and closer to the pool . |
| 53 | Since Natasha had not specified which room they were to meet in , there was nothing for it but to progress through each , ignoring the paintings and studying only the other visitors . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | There was nothing for it but to do as he suggested . |
| 56 | As we started the long walk back across the tundra to Camp Bell , we decided that there was nothing for it but to establish a base camp at the foot of the cliffs . |
| 57 | There was nothing for him to do but play cards , which was allowed . |
| 58 | There was nothing for it now but to go on . |
| 59 | Immediately she 'd sensed that this was wrong , that there was nothing for her in this office , and that she 'd be at risk if she stayed around a moment longer than was necessary . |
| 60 | 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 . |