Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peace reigns at last though , and everything in the smouldering remains of the garden would be rosy if it were n't for one little problem . |
| 2 | No one knows what these carved objects might have been for , so perhaps they were n't for anything , but a heartening prehistoric example of art for art 's sake . |
| 3 | But the show was all for nothing : there were no punters out there , except for a scattering of people , hunched into anoraks , hurrying home to get out of the persistent drizzle . |
| 4 | And it was all for nothing . |
| 5 | It was all for nothing . |
| 6 | It was all for nothing ! |
| 7 | But in the end it was all for nothing , because I got pregnant anyway . |
| 8 | Barnet fear : Barnet manager Edward Stein and his newly promoted side are today waiting to see if their season of glory was all for nothing . |
| 9 | Tragically , it was all for nought . |
| 10 | It was only for one . |
| 11 | It was not for nothing that he was chosen as Mr Squeaky Clean after the sexual and financial aberrations of his two predecessors . |
| 12 | It was not for nothing that he paid house insurance . |
| 13 | George : ‘ You would n't have been born and writing for THE FACE if it was n't for someone spunking off . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Simply because he managed to avert such a disaster he was there for everyone to have a go at . |
| 15 | If Elsie could be taken so easily , what hope was there for anyone ? |