Example sentences of "there be nowhere for [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Because I ca n't if you 're holding that handle there there 's nowhere for me to walk .
2 There 's nowhere for him to go for a bit of company — he wo n't go to the day hospital because he thinks they 'll make him take drugs .
3 But in captivity there 's nowhere for them to run , so it 's up to us to see they do n't hurt each other badly . ’
4 There 's nowhere for it to curve to . ’
5 ‘ Very useful things , ladders , especially when you 're on the top of one — there 's nowhere for you to run , which I get the feeling you are contemplating , and I think even you are n't callous enough to push me off backwards . ’
6 It 's a futile gesture , of course , because there 's nowhere for you to go . ’
7 " But there 's nowhere for us to go , is there , Andrew ? "
8 They know if an elderly relative needs long-term nursing care there is nowhere for them in the NHS any more . ’
9 If you are taken to Harmondsworth after a long journey and several hours of interrogation by Immigration Officers , there is nowhere for you to lie down and rest .
10 There was n't much space along here , and he could no longer rely on people taking one look and then getting out of his way because there was nowhere for them to go .
11 They had not been asked to sit down and indeed there was nowhere for them to do so .
12 There was nowhere for him to put his feet .
13 By the time they returned to the table for the Christmas pudding John Harbour had moved and there was nowhere for her to sit except beside O'Hara .
14 There was nowhere for us to put our belongings .
15 It would not go anywhere ; there was nowhere for it to go .
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