Example sentences of "but [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But being unqualified for anything more taxing than preparing meals and cleaning rooms , it seemed I might have no alternative but to go into service . |
| 2 | The Congress Party , the biggest single group in the house , but now in opposition for only the second time since independence in 1947 , had no option but to sit in silence when the voice-vote was called . |
| 3 | In the end , since the pope refused to free him , he had no alternative but to continue in office . |
| 4 | If they are held in overcrowded conditions , unfit for a dog to live in , and have no meaningful occupation — I do not mean soulless , non-productive work — they have no alternative but to fall into mischief and cause trouble . |
| 5 | Rune brushed aside her lack of enthusiasm with such purpose that she had no option but to fall into step beside him . |
| 6 | Once Slovenia and Croatia were granted their independence , Bosnia 's Croat and Muslim leaders , above all the republic 's president , Alija Izetbegovic , had no choice but to apply for recognition . |
| 7 | The otter has no alternative but to retreat in agony and attempt to prize the claws free . |
| 8 | When children are unable to find work they may have no option but to stay at home . |
| 9 | We have had no choice but to take on board a sexuality which is defined in terms of its difference from the male , and therefore mystified ; which has been derived from biology and based around reproduction . |
| 10 | But , of course , as the patient 's immune system recovered and rejected the cancer so it rejected the transplanted organ leaving the patient with no option but to return to dialysis . |