Example sentences of "[verb] [be] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing we want is for someone to pop up unmarked and score a goal . |
| 2 | All that was needed was for someone to take Rowland 's ascetic vision/version of soul fanaticism and commandeer it for political ends . |
| 3 | All these hours in Madamoiselle McKirdy 's class will not have been for nothing . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ If we ca n't get these orders out on time , all the effort we 've put in will have been for nothing . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If she decides to go straight home all this will have been for nothing . ’ |
| 8 | Nick Day , blinking blood , received a push that could have been for anybody , and went onto his knees . |
| 9 | Had she been so , then last night 's work would have been for naught . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The worst that could happen is for someone to suggest a ‘ magic ’ solution . |
| 12 | Their private parts were firmly jammed in the wringer and all it needed was for somebody to the rescue . |
| 13 | All that fuss , and all that 's wanted is for nobody to notice my clothes at all . |
| 14 | All her brave effort had been for nothing . |