Example sentences of "was no [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah there was no preparation for it really and I have n't learnt the scripts properly , |
| 2 | ‘ The kids said there was no music for them , they ca n't afford to go to concerts in Newcastle and Middlesbrough , ’ said Andrew . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There was no pity for his evident loneliness and many stories circulating about his arrogance and the superior manner in which he parked the cheaply-framed photograph of his parents on his night table . |
| 5 | But if there was no advantage for him he would n't come . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We got ourselves into one of those silly situations , in the middle of 1883 , which meant there was no way for me to remain . |
| 7 | Della tried to find work , but times were bad , and there was no work for her . |
| 8 | It was during the floods in 1984 when lots of people lost their crops and there was no work for them . |
| 9 | Traffic was heavy and this was no day for me to pick up a ticket . |
| 10 | It was no problem for me to post a crew , and I did , and many of you must know I did post WAAF at the same time . |
| 11 | Aye well that 's it er I mean there was no , as I said there was no alarms for anybody else or anybody who was n't there really would n't have a much of an idea to how drastic it was and what was going on at the time . |
| 12 | ‘ A smaller offer from Forest was put to my board and , frankly , there was no decision for us to make . |
| 13 | The husband disputes the claim , on the ground that there was no consideration for his promise . |
| 14 | Granny had originally come to stay with us while her house was being fumigated but that had been months before and there was no excuse for her to continue living in our overcrowded home . |
| 15 | But Fabia knew that there was no excuse for her foolhardiness . |
| 16 | Garry deserved all that was coming to him ; fidelity in marriage seemed to be very little regarded but Garry must have known about the baby and there was no excuse for him . |
| 17 | There was no excuse for it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ There was no excuse for it , whatever the circumstances . |
| 19 | I began to realize that there was no happiness for me in life . |
| 20 | But our poetry started to flow again , though now it was he who distributed the favours : there was no call for him now to bribe me with sex , so this aspect of our relationship was something he kept under tight control , allowing sexual contact only when he felt like it and not just when I wanted it , as in the past . |
| 21 | Maybe Maria Luisa was such a deep part of his life now that there was no hope for their future . |
| 22 | ‘ He dropped down just now , and the doctor said there was no hope for him because it 's his heart ! ’ |
| 23 | But as he could not stop looking at her , I knew there was no hope for him . |
| 24 | There was no trial-by-jury for him , of course , and no Times leader . |
| 25 | The structure was built to resemble a stone yurt — the outer wall was a continuous string of arches which were covered with felt panels , there was a planed timber floor , and there was no provision for anyone to sit down . |
| 26 | Because there was no help for her . |
| 27 | Carrie had n't wanted to show her , in case Hepzibah should feel she ought to give them parting presents as well , but now there was no help for it . |
| 28 | There was no help for it . |
| 29 | There was no help for it . |
| 30 | Weather was no deterrent for him and was never allowed to interfere with his plans … . |