Example sentences of "be [indef pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | An but the National Health for his er , he got medical treatment for himself , but there 's nothing for his family , or his children , they had to pay the Doctor . |
| 32 | ‘ It 's nothing for you to snigger at . ’ |
| 33 | There 's nothing for you to worry about . ’ |
| 34 | There 's nothing for you to fear , |
| 35 | There 's nothing for you here , she 'd say , nothing here that you ca n't come back and buy . |
| 36 | ‘ No , not exactly , but there 's nothing for you to do . |
| 37 | There 's nothing for you to know |
| 38 | The cover price is about £5 less , quite often we sell many , many more — but it 's nothing for anybody to get too hysterical about , ’ she adds . |
| 39 | There are jobs if you want to be self-employed or work for commission but there 's nothing for someone like me |
| 40 | There 's nothing for it but to clamber , wheezing and bursting of heart , up the steep steps ( 300 and more ) of one of the deepest shafts of the Underground to air and freedom . |
| 41 | There 's nothing for it now but to get back as fast as we can the way we 've come . ’ |
| 42 | There 's nothing for it . |
| 43 | ‘ And if we 're to outwit these giants , there 's nothing for it but for me to call up the Draoicht Suan . |
| 44 | ‘ There 's nothing for it when you reach the Point of No Return — except to come back . ’ |
| 45 | There is nothing for me to add ’ . |
| 46 | There is nothing for me here , do n't you see ? |
| 47 | ‘ There is nothing for me to go back to , ’ she says , ‘ nothing for me to live off . |
| 48 | ‘ My plane is nothing for me but a flying machine gun , ’ he said , and he was a fantastic marksman . |
| 49 | for example , that if a sporting event ends prematurely because of bad weather , or of attendance falls short of anticipated levels , some or all of the casual labour force can be discharged and workers need not be carried when there is nothing for them to do . |
| 50 | It is time he responded and paid compensation to those farmers , and allowed them to get on with earning their livelihood , instead of telling them that there is nothing for them from the Ministry of Agriculture . |
| 51 | there is nothing for them . |
| 52 | The circulation of air round a depression usually has ‘ fronts ’ or areas of rain associated with it , and when birds , which navigate by being able to see the night sky , meet with a barrier of rain and bad visibility then there is nothing for it but to drop down to the nearest land and wait until conditions improve . |
| 53 | If , however , you find yourself carrying three or four such problems it seems clear that there is nothing for it but to go back and attack the first difficulties again . |
| 54 | There is nothing for it but to taste and to experiment for yourself . |
| 55 | In other words Julie , there is nothing for you to do is all , I mean , you 're giving , you 're giving millions of instructions |
| 56 | ‘ There is nothing for us to discuss . ’ |
| 57 | Thirty thousand pounds is nothing for someone 's life . |
| 58 | ‘ It 's someone for you . ’ |
| 59 | You are welcome to serve my meals in my room , there is plenty for me to do alone upstairs . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ There is plenty for him , ’ observed Dorothy , ‘ wherever he looks on the carpet . ’ |