Example sentences of "nothing [prep] [pers pn] [conj] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing he wanted to see at any of the nearby cinemas , he 'd be irritable company in the local pub where he was a contender in a small bar-billiards school , so there was nothing for it but to spend the time watching television with the other sinners . |
| 2 | Later , Hazel had said that there was nothing for it but to cross the open pasture and under Silver 's direction they had crossed it , with Dandelion running ahead to reconnoitre . |
| 3 | Grant 's eyes and throat were stinging from the thickening smoke , so he decided there was nothing for it but to check the mechanism of his shotgun . |
| 4 | So , whether I liked it or not , there was nothing for it but to face the rocks . |
| 5 | 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 . |