Use "for nothing" in a sentence

1. She could see no use for herself there, but there was little doubt Herndon would be glad of her company, if for nothing else, someone to spell him driving the boat

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2. wore bright colours, drove a rag-top and wanted for nothing, until, that is, Eva came

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3. By the time Liz has cried herself out, she is fit for nothing but bed

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4. At the moment of contact, with The Kid waiting for a response, I asked for nothing much at all

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5. I don't intend to pay another visit to Louise in her office again; I can see there is no reason, besides it occurs to me I have made a fool of myself for nothing

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6. wished for nothing more than to feel her close to him for always

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7. but curse fair winds and skies for nothing will grow at all

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8. But the Headstand or Sirshasana has not been called ‘The King of Asanas’ for nothing

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9. ‘But do not fear, it will not be for nothing

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10. He wished for nothing more than to be an international banker too, so that he could make her his wife

11. Jake has a regular route with his own truck and bought the old Kaven place for nothing since they all died in Florida so their souls settled there

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12. He wished for nothing more than to be an international banker

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13. “0 and 12 huh? They don’t call Cub fans the best in the world for nothing I

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14. of spite if for nothing else

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15. They sold all their earthly possessions, moved in to an old church building, and lived for nothing but God and his kingdom purposes

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16. ‘All for nothing – it’s all been for nothing,’ said

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17. All for nothing

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18. Like a fool, Ostedes had risked all for nothing

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19. for nothing, being only a proof of political ignorance

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20. If it could be exchanged for nothing, it would, like a bill upon a bankrupt, be of no more value than the most useless piece of paper

21. unfortunately, it use for nothing, because the

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22. It is better, says the proverb, to play for nothing, than to work for nothing

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23. You put everyone else before you and ask for nothing in return

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24. Such land, indeed, is in North America to be had almost for nothing, or at a price much below the value of the natural produce; a thing impossible in Europe, or indeed in any country where all lands have long been private property

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25. But still, her struggle went for nothing

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26. The gold and silver which would go abroad would not go abroad for nothing, but would bring back an equal value of goods of some kind or other

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27. When an archer is shooting for nothing

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28. "They want for nothing, save perhaps a little discipline, but that I leave to their mother

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29. In his verses titled, “The Need to Win,” (see Chapter 12) he describes how an archer who needs to win loses power, but one who shoots for nothing (is not-doing) conserves his power

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30. THEY WERE THERE FOR NOTHING BUT TROUBLE

31. “Bloody hell these Turks have no flies on them lad’s I will tell you that for nothing fucking machine guns hidden down a well that is bloody sneaky and could have been dead unlucky for us and the Fusiliers if we hadn’t have found them

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32. “I’m afraid your right mate we have definitely drawn the short straw on this one and I will tell you one thing fuck all the Staff bastards for sacrificing us for nothing

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33. “You feed me very well and I have enough clothing, so I need for nothing

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34. It was now I suddenly realised that big as I was I was still only sixteen years of age and all though I might show the maturity of a twenty year old it counted for nothing and the more this reverberated through my mind the louder and more abandoned my crying became

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35. So you just sit there have a drink and stop fretting about those good for nothings at the bar I will sit here and look after you don’t worry

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36. “I will tell you something for nothing Billy Boy Ma’s recovery is mainly down to your Helen and how she nursed her through the illness before she went to Manchester

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37. What about them? They weren't called warrior queens for nothing?'

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38. ' She closed her eyes and nodded her head as if to say, I knew there was something, I'm not the Receptionist for nothing

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39. Shelagh was thinking, all the fuss for nothing

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40. “That strongpoint seems a good place for a Hun sniper to be hiding out in so we had better be bloody careful no point in getting a bullet through the napper for nothing

41. Not for nothing did the Americans of the colonial era decide that „Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty

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42. this way for nothing

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43. L-Seven-Six would settle for nothing less, however, than the very limits of Darangi knowledge: scientific, societal and administrative

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44. Stopping for nothing except some mushrooms and a few nuts, they lacked water

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45. The troops had been buoyed up with the prospect of a stiff struggle at the end, and a chance of distinguishing themselves, and it seemed, by the abject surrender, that they had marched and endured for nothing

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46. A lot of men die for nothing at all

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47. They said no, they couldn‘t take the house and all for nothing

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48. She stared at the knots, trying not to see her bindings as the shackles of failure, trying not to feel as if the last two weeks had been for nothing

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49. He wasn’t the captain of the village cricket team for nothing!

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50. It is sad for that means the sacrifice was all for nothing

51. “Be anxious for nothing, yet in everything by prayer and supplication,

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52. For nothing is outside The Father

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53. Anything else is hazardous for they will make the wrong deductions and learn nothing which means history will then repeat itself and all the sacrifice for nothing

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54. Ultimately, Nixon's, Kissinger’s, and the Shah's ploy turned out to be a brutal failure anyway, and the Kurds were betrayed for nothing

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55. But in the end it had all been for nothing

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56. “No, we’re not going to do anything about any log barge,” she says, like what he thinks counts for nothing! “And that’s it! Period! Why you couldn’t just do like I told you and stick with getting the money back, I’ll never know

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57. It was nothing more than a huge expense; good for nothing and hard on food

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58. The guys settled in for a long drive to the surf competition at Bells Beach, hoping they hadn’t come all that way for nothing

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59. Not for the first time, not for nothing, Brendan reflected that youthfulness was wasted on the young

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60. Otherwise, chances are more people will get hurt for nothing

61. pitch her business, Junya would be in NYC for nothing

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62. of us despise and count for nothing the poor among us

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63. ” 2 “He who despises (counts for nothing) his

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64. It will simply see the immense burning of trillion of trillion dollars for nothing with brutal waste that penalizes the society and the economic efficiency

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65. She’d seen from the dominant adults around that her mother counted for nothing, and her older cousins had bossed her around in the usual way of children

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66. My Canadian teaching qualifications (the best, as my father had ensured) count for nothing until the bureaucrats of my host country are satisfied that their requirements have been met

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67. But I felt sure she wouldn't have been killing that rooster for nothing

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68. 9 Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, does Job fear God for nothing?

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69. With what it wasn’t, what it won’t be for nothing,

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70. she’d asked her staff to give up a morning for nothing

71. 10 Who has formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? 11 See, all his fellows shall be ashamed,

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72. Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain; yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and

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73. 3 For so says the Lord, you have sold yourselves for nothing;

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74. place where I had hid it: and, see, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing

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75. them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing

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76. nothing, then the police for nothing, then in prison violence

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77. “Do the lives of her victims count for nothing?”

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78. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God

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79. Now what was she supposed to do? She had come all this way for nothing

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80. that shall go for nothing; and the mouth that believes destroys the soul

81. to show are in, and resemblances of beasts, or a stone good for nothing, the work of an ancient hand

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82. 23 There is one who for bashfulness promises to his friend, and makes him his enemy for nothing

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83. him, My son is dead, seeing he stays long; and she began to wail him and said, 5 Now I care for nothing, my son, since I have let you

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84. certain number of days a year - but not for nothing! - The ruler is then obliged to at least feed the

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85. It is not for nothing that Christ compares this

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86. For nothing the mind can visualize and want is of much

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87. 31 But you did this thing and did kill your brother for nothing and because he spoke rightly to you, and now, therefore, cursed be you from the ground which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand, and wherein you did bury him

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88. They didn't call him 'Cactus' for nothing

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89. 30 And he approached Isaac and said to him, do you not know and understand that your old silly father bring you to the slaughter this day for nothing?

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90. that there is nothing to give up, for nothing is your own

91. 12 And Jacob resided in Laban's house for one month, and Jacob ate and drank in the house of Laban, and afterward Laban said to Jacob, Tell me what shall be your wages, for how can you serve me for nothinge

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92. for it anywhere, for nothing contains it

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93. For nothing can be done without love

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94. 6 Therefore the Lord said to the children of Israel, Fight not against the children of Esau your brothers, for nothing in their land belongs to you, but you may buy food of them for money and eat it, and you may buy water of them for money and drink it

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95. in Chinese culture does anything for nothing

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96. nuzzled and touched and she was grateful that he asked for nothing

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97. for nothing but the wisp of dark threads that

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98. you into this world, if they can be honoured for nothing else, give thanks that

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99. in despair, reaching for nothing but the wisp of dark threads that surround my room

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100. I don’t work for the Corps of Engineers for nothing