Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Auxilliary nurses do not go on any courses so there were none for him to take . |
2 | Willy voiced the philosophy he had learned by experience — it was everyone for himself ; if you did n't take what you wanted , no one was likely to give it to you . |
3 | His second came at the ticket booth , where there was no-one for him to show his first-class ticket to . |
4 | The result was that on the Saturday morning , I told my mother there was nothing for me in England and I was going back to Germany to try and get my old job back . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | There was nothing for me going on down there , so I come to Nottingham to give it a try . |
7 | There was nothing for me to hold on to prevent myself from getting closer and closer to the pool . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | There was nothing for him but a painful irony in their raucous clamour . |
10 | Incidentally , there was nothing for him from Paris this month . |
11 | It was nothing for him to take the ball off them and stick the knife in it to burst it . ’ |
12 | There was nothing for him to do now until Kynaston had finished . |
13 | There was nothing for him to say . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | There was nothing for him to do except settle down to some work . |
16 | There was nothing for him to do but play cards , which was allowed . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | But there was nothing for him to see . |
19 | 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 … |
20 | 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 . |
21 | There was nothing for her here ; and if this was admitted between them it must swiftly prove an admission with only one exit . |
22 | It seemed there was nothing for her after all , no warm fire , no nursery comfort , no being needed . |
23 | There was nothing for her , now , nothing apart from Harry . |
24 | And there was nothing for my father had a few drinks you know and he 'd come home and he he 'd just come he 'd he 'd b be whistling coming up the street you know . |
25 | There was nothing for it : I would have to run away . |
26 | There was nothing for it |
27 | There was nothing for it . |
28 | There was nothing for it , Mungo thought , but to follow Vic as often as possible , in the hope that he would lead the way to a solution . |
29 | For example , on high policy common opinion said that there was nothing for it but to stay in the ERM . |
30 | Paddy quickly took command , but with most of their gear missing and two men so badly injured that they had to be left behind , there was nothing for it but to try to make the rendezvous with the LRDG . |