Example sentences of "be [indef pn] [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 has n't been one published for a long while .
2 The committee reported in February 1943 in very alarming language that there would be nothing left for the British postwar aircraft industry unless something were done at once .
3 One problem which such an approach may pose is that there may be nothing left for special treatment .
4 As the British Airways Boeing 757 twin-engined jet touched down on Runway 27 Left at Heathrow at 8.33 a.m. , Adam concluded that there would probably be someone watching for him at the shuttle terminal .
5 Erm told me that they had a lot of or a lot a number of people ringing purporting to be someone asking for information , and they like to keep a log of these bogus phone calls , I then rang the patients mother and and told her what had happened as quickly as I could .
6 ‘ Could it be somebody working for Connelly with an axe to grind ? ’ asked Martin Bates , running his finger around the rim of his glass .
7 And do n't use any more hot water , or there 'll be none left for me , ’ Beth told her sharply .
8 It is in this sense that there will always be something to play for .
9 ‘ There does n't seem to be anything to live for , ’ she said .
10 because there 's nothing to go for .
11 You presumptuous monkey , she told him , there 's nothing to wait for , I 'm not going to marry you .
12 Certainly I have had it said to me by grieving , often very elderly , people : ‘ There 's nothing left for me now , I just want to be with my husband .
13 ‘ There 's nothing left for you here .
14 There 's nothing left for you here , nothing but misery .
15 ‘ There 's nothing left for Hareton to inherit !
16 There 's , there 's nothing left for anything other than to eat !
17 And often there 's nothing to show for it at the end .
18 They lie there in cots , sometimes tied down , not crying because there 's nothing to cry for .
19 Is everyone accounted for ? ’ asked Miss Cackle .
20 There is nothing to live for .
21 Turnover growth is nothing to pursue for itself .
22 For coach Giorgio Leoni 's men , there is nothing to play for but pride .
23 Sometimes it gets to me , I give so much time and energy to everyone else , that there is nothing left for me .
24 There is nothing left for it but to lie its head off until Polling Day is past …
25 When the decisions of all market participants dovetail completely , so that each plan correctly assumes the corresponding plans of the other participants and no possibility exists for any altered plans that would be simultaneously preferred by the relevant participants , there is nothing left for the entrepreneur to do .
26 After writing off an £819,000 investment in an unquoted company , there is nothing left for a dividend for the third year running .
27 There 's someone looking for him . ’
28 Did you know there 's someone waiting for you at Radio Nottingham 's reception , Pudsey Bear is sitting there waiting for you to take him home .
29 ‘ He wo n't last because there 's nobody waiting for him and you know what conditions are like in there .
30 There is plenty to fish for with the winner guaranteed £1,000 from co-sponsors , Octoplus .
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