Example sentences of "[vb past] no [noun sg] [conj] [verb] him " in BNC.

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1 He took her arm , and short of starting an undignified fight she saw no option but to join him as he strolled towards the white-painted gate , set in the surrounding outer stone walls .
2 The pressure of his hand increased as he moved nearer to her , so that she had no choice but to let him tip her face up to his .
3 And you had no choice but to tell him .
4 As Duncan had already decided not to leave the policeman to his own devices , he had no alternative but to join him on the next available flight to Tobolsk .
5 A four-letter word was among his offerings and the official had no alternative but to give him a warning for verbal abuse .
6 She had no alternative but to tell him a series of absolute whoppers , as her younger brother , Rob , would have said .
7 ‘ He overstepped the mark and we had no option but to suspend him , ’ she said .
8 And although Steve Chettle is fit again , Republic of Ireland star Keane stays at centre half for today 's trip to Chelsea with Clough insisting : ‘ I had no option but to play him there .
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