Example sentences of "for it [conj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing that there was nothing for it but to go and apologise and , if possible , explain that her regularly serviced car was misbehaving , Fabia had her hand on the door-handle when she realised that she had no need to move . |
| 2 | There is nothing for it but to taste and to experiment for yourself . |
| 3 | There was nothing for it but to do as he suggested . |
| 4 | Much of the church 's teaching is based on a concept that implies the need to live ‘ holy ’ lives in this world , without expecting reward or recognition for it but anticipating that the afterlife will reflect something of the quality of this earthly life . |
| 5 | At home I might have fed it to the fish , but here I felt sorry for it and watched until it was time to move on . |