Example sentences of "there [be] [pron] else for " in BNC.

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1 " Well , there 's nowt else for it .
2 There 's nothing else for people to do . ’
3 ‘ There is no easy way to say this , ’ she began haltingly , ‘ my father died a ruined man , I have to let you all go , there 's nothing else for it . ’
4 She said , ‘ Well , if there 's nothing else for it ’ , and began to fold and manipulate the wedding dress while I stood like a doll , cold and alien and powerless .
5 There 's nothin' else for it , is there , ’ replied her daughter .
6 This means that unless you are a higher rate tax payer , there is nothing else for you to pay .
7 There was nothing else for it .
8 There was nothing else for it .
9 There was nothing else for them — just the workhouse and dependence on charity .
10 There was nothing else for it , she would have to apologise .
11 There was nothing else for Sir John to do but marry again ; unfortunately , he died before he could accomplish this .
12 Emily covered her eyes , it would be so humiliating , selling everything she held dear , but there was nothing else for it , it would have to be done .
13 Now there was nothing else for it .
14 There was nothing else for it .
15 She dried cups , saucers and plates on a soaking cloth for there was nothing else for her to do .
16 Once he had heard of Charlotte 's predicament , however — explained to him in a quiet corner of the Beau Nash Tavern , Mount Ephraim — he realized there was nothing else for it .
17 ‘ I knew you 'd like me to ask them , ’ she said eventually , since there was nothing else for it .
18 Taking her sister 's hand , she found there was nothing else for it , but she must press to the point .
19 There was nothing else for it .
20 So there was nothing else for it but Rule of Life No 4 : Never hit a man when he 's down ; run over him .
21 There was nothing else for us you know .
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