Example sentences of "was no [noun sg] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was talking to this other lad across the road — we were due to go off duty at two and we were just hanging about before making our way down to the station — there was no relief for us on that shift . |
| 2 | I began to realize that there was no happiness for me in life . |
| 3 | There was no garage for it to be in , it was not outside , therefore the cat woman must be out . |
| 4 | He was bitter and that must mean … but no , there was no reason for him to be bitter . |
| 5 | In the bustle of everything , none of us noticed her do it — there was no reason for us to . |
| 6 | He was being held in police cells because there was no room for him at Durham prison . |
| 7 | In 1983 about 500 candidates for the priesthood had to be turned away in Asia and Africa as there was no room for them in the seminaries and no money left . |
| 8 | And she brought forth her first-born son , and wrapped him in swaddling clothes , and laid him in a manger ; because there was no room for them in the inn . |
| 9 | And she brought forth her first born son , and wrapped him in swaddling clothes , and laid him in a manger. because there was no room for them in the inn . |
| 10 | Was erm always kept in the yard , there was no room for it in a small scullery , and there were big old wooden rollers . |
| 11 | There was no need for her to be present . |
| 12 | There was no need for me to be there too . |
| 13 | There was no need for me to be convinced of the high standard of the staff and work of the CIEFL on arrival , since we at Lancaster have learned to regard the Institute 's graduates as among the best qualified ELT specialists in the world . |
| 14 | There was no need for them to be imported to Britain since they mostly came from countries which were capable of developing their own waste-disposal programmes . |
| 15 | But er at that time there was plenty work coming in , erm there was , there was no need for us to be apprehensive , and so therefore we had to convince the management that in the best interests of everybody , having agreed that the scheme would go on across the whole spectrum of the workforce , was to move reasonably , you know , quickly through the various machine departments and introduce with a minimum amount of frustration . |
| 16 | The implication is that I have had to leave as there was no job for me after this restructure . |
| 17 | It was no time for me to be getting weepy . |
| 18 | There was no place for her in that life now . |
| 19 | Fernando belonged to Maria Luisa and their child and there was no place for her in his life . |
| 20 | Medieval women were not without authority in the familial and economic spheres even if there was no place for them in public politics . |
| 21 | " And she brought forth her first-born child , and laid him in a manger , because there was no place for them in the inn . " |