Example sentences of "be for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All her brave effort had been for nothing . |
| 2 | All these hours in Madamoiselle McKirdy 's class will not have been for nothing . |
| 3 | He tried to be nice about it , but it was fairly obvious he did n't want me any more ; and truthfully , I did n't want him any more either , except in so far that I could n't bear that it should all have been for nothing — worse than nothing . |
| 4 | It had all been for nothing ; the fear , the guilt , the deaths … . |
| 5 | The mad drive up the M4 with pain like barbed hooks turning in his arm had all been for nothing . |
| 6 | ‘ If we ca n't get these orders out on time , all the effort we 've put in will have been for nothing . |
| 7 | All of her sweet , loving nature that she 'd turned in on herself , waiting for this one moment in her life , this moment of truth , and it had all been for nothing . |
| 8 | He might not even be there and the whole thing would have been for nothing and all he would have got out of it would have been kicks . |
| 9 | If she decides to go straight home all this will have been for nothing . ’ |
| 10 | So it had all been for nothing ! |
| 11 | When I was feeling really low , I could have quit if it had n't been for everyone who 'd been following me , and that comes down to everyone here at the schools . |
| 12 | Had she been so , then last night 's work would have been for naught . |
| 13 | But if no convincing reason for the station can be found , and if the project will no longer create so many jobs , then all the effort will have been for naught . |
| 14 | Now , the much-repeated phrase is : ‘ The past 40 years have all been for nought ’ . |
| 15 | not been for anything else yet |
| 16 | Nick Day , blinking blood , received a push that could have been for anybody , and went onto his knees . |
| 17 | Set meals are for one . |
| 18 | My impression is that the old trick of saying that the cigarettes are for one 's mother or older brother still works 99.99 per cent . |
| 19 | Daum now wants UEFA to accept that the rules regarding foreign players are for everyone else — but not for him because he had yet another excusable lapse of memory . |
| 20 | DAY CENTRES ARE FOR EVERYONE |
| 21 | The laws are the same on a bullet train or on a jet airplane as they are for someone standing in one place . |
| 22 | When I buy them from the chemist , I pretend they 're for someone else . |
| 23 | No , ah , more senior than him , it 'll go to him too , but it 'll be for everybody 's |
| 24 | Those pipes must be for something . |
| 25 | and should the request be for something ‘ esoteric ’ , there are about 15 freelance translators she can call upon , all with their own specialities . |
| 26 | No it ca n't be for something not very loud and that 's all gone , shit , I 've fucking it ! |
| 27 | She could have called his bluff and told him to drop dead , but there was just a chance he might ditch her : and then all that spade work would be for nothing . |
| 28 | Catching her breath , Ronni added , ‘ All this panic could be for nothing . ’ |
| 29 | But is n't there a risk that all the hard work will be for nothing ? |
| 30 | He probably would get a sort of wages out of it but er running I would imagine would be for nothing . |