Example sentences of "and [pron] be [pron] for [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 We 've been over this place time and time again and there 's nowt for them to get . "
2 I should go quite dotty without work , and there is none for me in Venice now .
3 That avenue was obviously closed to us and there was nothing for it but to go en masse to Jimmy Coutts and lay our case before him .
4 This was a disaster of some magnitude , and there was nothing for it but to seek the man out and tell him what had happened .
5 She found she had torn most of the mourning band away from her sleeve and there was nothing for it but to pull it off entirely .
6 And then the drawbridge was falling , with a clanking and a whirring of machinery and the light was pouring into the courtyard and the Gnomes were cheering and the giants were nodding to one another , and there was nothing for it but to ride away with Snodgrass , with Balor loping along at their side , with Fenella behind in the hands of the Gruagach .
7 Then , as she passed the door of the room where the dancing was , Robert appeared , and there was nothing for it but to repeat Dawn 's message .
8 Having a spill gives them a thrill , and it 's something for them to talk about afterwards . ’
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