Example sentences of "there [be] [pron] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the place where we saw the 1:1,000,000 map , but there were none for sale , and in general the airfield was pretty sleepy . |
| 2 | ‘ Sarn-Major tells me there 's nothing for Memoranda this morning , so officers can fall out . ’ |
| 3 | Oh I never knew that , there 's one for sale there Carl , house . |
| 4 | There 's one for Mutty . |
| 5 | Well there 's lots for grandma so we 'll have to sort out what 's what . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But there was nothing for filmmakers to do but plunge on , grab every chance that came their way and hope for the best . |
| 8 | Of course , there was nothing for Aunt Tossie to understand , but her concerned enquiries , sometimes with three meanings embedded in their concern , Nicandra found difficult to negotiate . |
| 9 | There was nothing for women and children and nowhere for women to go . |
| 10 | There was nothing for girls , only drudgery and breeding , specially paupers like herself . |
| 11 | Coventry were so poor there was nothing for Wright to get excited about . |
| 12 | There was nothing for Branson to do now but cut his losses , and trust to a return of the Branson luck . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | That is to say , so long as there was some incomplete aspect of the book 's publication , there was something for people attacking it to focus on . |
| 15 | There was one for sale down here . |