Example sentences of "[pers pn] have little choice " in BNC.
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| 1 | Customs officer Steve , 27 , of Corringham , Essex , said : ‘ I had little choice in the matter . ’ |
| 2 | You bullied me into becoming your girlfriend , so I had little choice but to obey , but now I 've grown up . |
| 3 | In terms of her own policy , she had little choice ; she needed the support of leading Protestants as well as leading Catholics to complete the link with France . |
| 4 | But when the prince reminded her — oh , so gently — of the deception practised upon his royal parents on Twelfth Night , Anne realized she had little choice . |
| 5 | But then , she had little choice ; he would n't allow her to sleep in the car or to remain here without him . |
| 6 | He threw the handkerchief carelessly into a laundry basket , then before she knew what was happening , he was kissing the tips of her fingers , then her palms , then drawing her hands towards him so that she had little choice but to slide her arms around him and receive his kiss . |
| 7 | She had little choice . |
| 8 | She had little choice but to let him draw her close against him , until she was pressed tightly into the hard curve of his body . |
| 9 | With examination questions you have little choice . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , if that 's so it is indeed a great pity , Dr Ash , but in view of Dr Prior 's importance to the company you must understand that we have little choice in this matter . |
| 11 | In the circumstances , they had little choice . |
| 12 | As the denomination most solidly based in the countryside , they also realized they had little choice in the thousands of new streets with their red and yellow brick terraces that were covering England 's acres . |
| 13 | My case was more straightforward and quite honestly they had little choice but to uphold my appeal . |
| 14 | They needed a boost because of the Cuban crisis and this seemed to be the opportunity , so they had little choice but to enter into the quicksand of the Vietnam War . |
| 15 | They hastened into the shelter of rocks and wood , wary of falling branches but aware that they had little choice but to seek refuge from the storm in the wind-shadow of great trees . |
| 16 | It may have been costly , but those in charge say they had little choice . |
| 17 | The banks will bargain hard although they have little choice but to accept a restructuring . |
| 18 | Part of the answer is of course that they have little choice if , for example , the firm is made bankrupt . |
| 19 | But if they wish to visit shops , get their children to schools and use other services they have little choice — even if the price of petrol means that journeys have to be kept to the minimum . |
| 20 | Since the US is the main market for their goods , they have little choice but to pay up . |
| 21 | But it has little choice . |
| 22 | Since he had little choice but to pursue a policy of conciliation , Napoleon III tried again with William , now King of Prussia since his brother 's death in 1861 . |
| 23 | Even without the threat to his job , he had little choice . |
| 24 | Indeed , in his immediate aim of regaining Normandy in order to retain England he had little choice : his survival depended on it . |