Example sentences of "was [adv] no [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They served all their time and then there was just no future for them . |
| 2 | In seeing the importance of La Rochelle Richard had shown a good , if over-ambitious , grasp of strategy , but he was still no match for his father . |
| 3 | He supposed that for some reason they became rarer in thin fibres and almost non-existent in the very thinnest fibres , perhaps because there was simply no room for them . |
| 4 | The revenue investment proposals , the area of biggest concern for commentators , were dropped from FRED 1 when it became clear that there was virtually no support for them — a watered-down version of the proposals subsequently appeared in a discussion draft , putting forward the ASB 's suggestions for an Operating and Financial Review . |
| 5 | Herluin was there at Tutilo 's own request , since there was ultimately no help for it , and Prior Robert was not to be left out where Herluin was admitted . |
| 6 | I can not understand why we were issued with a single piece of plastic in the first place , unless it was to save you money , since there was certainly no reduction for us . |
| 7 | There was therefore no need for them to decide whether and by what powers they could have handled the matter if they had thought that there was any merit in either of them . |
| 8 | In fact ( Henry went back to the fridge and took out two bottles of wine ) , if she kept on with this present therapist there was absolutely no hope for her at all . |
| 9 | There was absolutely no need for her to be in France . |
| 10 | At first he had suggested it might be fairer to everyone if he were to leave Kentucky and find work elsewhere — perhaps even return to England — but Cora-Beth had succeeded in making him see that there was absolutely no need for him to do so . |