Example sentences of "[pron] was nothing for [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 The bottom line was that there was nothing for them to do and those thoroughbred young men were too bright and too vigorous to put up with endless bull .
2 There was nothing for him but a painful irony in their raucous clamour .
3 Incidentally , there was nothing for him from Paris this month .
4 There was nothing for him to do now until Kynaston had finished .
5 There was nothing for him to say .
6 He pulled the door to behind him — he was reasonably certain there was nothing for him to see in the engine-room anyway — and stooped to examine the three dead men .
7 There was nothing for him to do except settle down to some work .
8 There was nothing for him to do but play cards , which was allowed .
9 She 'd reassure him over and over that she was fine , she was safe , there was nothing for him to worry about , and Ashdown would then ring Joe and pass along anything new or helpful that he 'd been able to pick out of the conversation .
10 But there was nothing for him to see .
11 The result was that on the Saturday morning , I told my mother there was nothing for me in England and I was going back to Germany to try and get my old job back .
12 There was nothing for me to do , I was too young to get a work permit , and mum was determined we were n't going to start breaking the law the minute we 'd got there , so she called Auntie Muriel and Auntie Muriel said why not .
13 There was nothing for me going on down there , so I come to Nottingham to give it a try .
14 There was nothing for me to hold on to prevent myself from getting closer and closer to the pool .
15 It would have meant nothing to that pervert to let her stay … he had wielded the knife , the cruel swine … telling her he regretted there was nothing for her when all the time he was still hiring people … examining her through that monocle as though he was God …
16 Immediately she 'd sensed that this was wrong , that there was nothing for her in this office , and that she 'd be at risk if she stayed around a moment longer than was necessary .
17 There was nothing for her here ; and if this was admitted between them it must swiftly prove an admission with only one exit .
18 It seemed there was nothing for her after all , no warm fire , no nursery comfort , no being needed .
19 There was nothing for her , now , nothing apart from Harry .
20 There was nothing for it : I would have to run away .
21 There was nothing for it
22 There was nothing for it .
23 There was nothing for it , Mungo thought , but to follow Vic as often as possible , in the hope that he would lead the way to a solution .
24 For example , on high policy common opinion said that there was nothing for it but to stay in the ERM .
25 Paddy quickly took command , but with most of their gear missing and two men so badly injured that they had to be left behind , there was nothing for it but to try to make the rendezvous with the LRDG .
26 There was nothing for it but to attempt a take-off and try to make for Tobruk .
27 There was nothing for it but to try to make their way on foot out of the town and walk back to the rendezvous with Robin Gurdon .
28 There was nothing for it .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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