Example sentences of "[be] [pron] for [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If all were clear , undilemmatic and utterly consistent for the members of a society , there would be nothing for them to argue about , and thereby nothing about which to deliberate . |
| 2 | If one place could not be distinguished from another there would be nothing for me to seem to be saying in saying , ‘ Here ’ in answer to ‘ Where are you ? ’ . |
| 3 | He longed to do some real work that would give him some satisfaction at the end of a day , yet there seemed to be nothing for him to do . |
| 4 | There appeared to be nothing for him to do but make his way back to the Inn on the Point , collect his own belongings and return to London . |
| 5 | The management committee will meet and it will divide the money into two and give each one however much the management committee feels that it should have and that management committee need not meet again for twelve months because there will be nothing for it to do . |
| 6 | It must be something for her to change |
| 7 | There has to be something for them to think about . |
| 8 | I think , Bill , really you far be it for me to try and teach you your job , but you ought to have perhaps gone back a little bit and wondered why we were all in this position , because you have us in year after year talking about budgets that are made and budgets which improve services , and and we need to be absolutely clear that this budget does not improve services at all , that this budget does very severe damage to services , that the budget that has gone through the Council identifies nearly eight million pounds taken off service provision erm and that can not be done under the Conservatives by making erm a budget with the Liberal Democrats have proved that it ca n't be done , in spite of their previous comments , without pain to services . |
| 9 | Only problem was , and far be it for me to dampen any thrashing of another team , was that Wimbledon were allowed to play for a good bit in the second half and could have come back . |
| 10 | That would be a good move — but far be it for me to advise the Prime Minister on that point . |
| 11 | But far be it for us to shed crocodile tears over the bruised egos of our male counterparts . |
| 12 | ‘ There wo n't be anything for him to eat if she does n't write . ’ |
| 13 | Auxilliary nurses do not go on any courses so there were none for him to take . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's nothing for them to smile about , ’ I said , quite shocked at their callousness . |
| 15 | There 's nothing for me to do . |
| 16 | There 's nothing for me to do . |
| 17 | If you do n't get it , there 's nothing for me to add . |
| 18 | There 's nothing for him to do , is there ? |
| 19 | ‘ No , not exactly , but there 's nothing for you to do . |
| 20 | There 's nothing for you to fear , |
| 21 | There 's nothing for you to know |
| 22 | ‘ It 's nothing for you to snigger at . ’ |
| 23 | There 's nothing for you to worry about . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ There is nothing for me to go back to , ’ she says , ‘ nothing for me to live off . |
| 25 | There is nothing for me to add ’ . |
| 26 | for example , that if a sporting event ends prematurely because of bad weather , or of attendance falls short of anticipated levels , some or all of the casual labour force can be discharged and workers need not be carried when there is nothing for them to do . |
| 27 | In other words Julie , there is nothing for you to do is all , I mean , you 're giving , you 're giving millions of instructions |
| 28 | ‘ There is nothing for us to discuss . ’ |
| 29 | You are welcome to serve my meals in my room , there is plenty for me to do alone upstairs . ’ |
| 30 | There is plenty for you to watch : the way they feed , the way they cluster around the queen , the way they look after their eggs and grubs ( larvae ) , the development of the larvae into adult ants . |