Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] for [noun prp] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing for Sophie to say after that and she resigned herself to the prospect of meeting Robert again , but later that morning , while she was working alone in the office , she felt desperately unhappy . |
| 2 | There was nothing for Hussey to do but bow before the wind with as good a grace as he might , profess his resolve to do all that was required of him-at whatever penal cost to himself , his martyred countenance implied — reverently kiss the prince 's hand , and withdraw to his plain , melancholy wife and his two fat manors up-river . |
| 3 | Coventry were so poor there was nothing for Wright to get excited about . |
| 4 | There was nothing for Branson to do now but cut his losses , and trust to a return of the Branson luck . |
| 5 | Angels posed obligingly in front of my easel and it was nothing for Christ to stand on the river in front of this Mill . |