Example sentences of "nothing for [pers pn] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've done nothing for him except wreck his life . |
| 2 | There was nothing for it but to pretend it had all been as Aunt Emily would have wished it to be . |
| 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 | There was nothing for it but to tell her the truth . |
| 5 | In the end , after the tea had been made and drunk , there seemed nothing for it but to escort them home , leaving Ianthe at her front door and walking the short distance to the vicarage with Penelope . |