Example sentences of "there [was/were] [pron] for [pers pn] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing for him but a painful irony in their raucous clamour . |
| 2 | For example , on high policy common opinion said that there was nothing for it but to stay in the ERM . |
| 3 | Paddy quickly took command , but with most of their gear missing and two men so badly injured that they had to be left behind , there was nothing for it but to try to make the rendezvous with the LRDG . |
| 4 | There was nothing for it but to attempt a take-off and try to make for Tobruk . |
| 5 | There was nothing for it but to try to make their way on foot out of the town and walk back to the rendezvous with Robin Gurdon . |
| 6 | That avenue was obviously closed to us and there was nothing for it but to go en masse to Jimmy Coutts and lay our case before him . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There was nothing for it but to persevere . |
| 9 | So , whether I liked it or not , there was nothing for it but to face the rocks . |
| 10 | There was nothing for it but to go with him . |
| 11 | There was nothing for it but to flee . |
| 12 | There was nothing for it but to try again . |
| 13 | There was nothing for it but to attempt to dig them out by hand . |
| 14 | There was nothing for it but for me to drive the ten miles there and back and pick it up , because the doctors would need to examine him and sign the certificate at 6.30 . |
| 15 | There was nothing for it but that she visit the company directors in person and see if she could persuade them of her determination to rebuild the business . |
| 16 | There was nothing for it but to await events … |
| 17 | There was nothing for it but for the two young men themselves to go to Lucy 's aid so , clearing their minds of any impure notions , they darted forward and seized her humming body , one by the shoulders , the other by the knees . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | There was nothing for it but to accept defeat , which he did with an ill grace , stamping off in disgust followed by the jeers of the crowd and several small boys who ran behind him mimicking his rolling gait . |
| 20 | There was nothing for it but to tell her the truth . |
| 21 | She found she had torn most of the mourning band away from her sleeve and there was nothing for it but to pull it off entirely . |
| 22 | Since Natasha had not specified which room they were to meet in , there was nothing for it but to progress through each , ignoring the paintings and studying only the other visitors . |
| 23 | And then the drawbridge was falling , with a clanking and a whirring of machinery and the light was pouring into the courtyard and the Gnomes were cheering and the giants were nodding to one another , and there was nothing for it but to ride away with Snodgrass , with Balor loping along at their side , with Fenella behind in the hands of the Gruagach . |
| 24 | There was nothing for it but to do as he suggested . |
| 25 | As we started the long walk back across the tundra to Camp Bell , we decided that there was nothing for it but to establish a base camp at the foot of the cliffs . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | There was nothing for it but to pretend it had all been as Aunt Emily would have wished it to be . |
| 28 | She had a cup of tea and then after half an hour there was nothing for it but to go . |
| 29 | As he said no more there was nothing for it but to walk on . |
| 30 | We were well aware of him stifling cries of pain , but there was nothing for it but to proceed . |