Example sentences of "nothing for it [conj] [verb] [art] " 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 | There was nothing for it but to attempt a take-off and try to make for Tobruk . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | BETTER EXERCISE Nothing for it but to have a jolly good workout lifting one 's leg . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | So , whether I liked it or not , there was nothing for it but to face the rocks . |
| 8 | 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 . |