Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they are the only witness to deal with a vital issue then you will have no alternative but to call them . |
| 2 | A four-letter word was among his offerings and the official had no alternative but to give him a warning for verbal abuse . |
| 3 | Do you wake up regularly to a deafening snore and feel there is no alternative but to give your partner a hefty prod ? |
| 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 | All of which , unfortunately , meant that she had no alternative but to put her own personal feelings to one side . |
| 6 | To complete the analogy , it 's as if the RFU is a lumbering forward giving a hospital pass that leaves Best no room to sidestep , no alternative but to put his head down and put his trust in the tried and tested battering ram technique . |
| 7 | There may be a significant fall in volume in the first year or so , but while the third party suppliers to Technology may feel that they have no alternative but to withdraw their products , they look like being the net losers as a result , while ICL sheds crocodile tears all the way to the bank . |
| 8 | If he wants to stay in the race he may have no alternative but to abandon his original proposal and announce a rival offer on improved terms . |
| 9 | The BeSHT became so influential that the leaders of the people , the power-manipulators and self-appointed guardians of the Law , had no alternative but to do what their like has always done to those who broke loose , butterfly-like : They excommunicated him ; marginalised his usefulness ; neutered his religious potency : ‘ A prophet is not without honour … ’ |
| 10 | In the circumstances we feel the police had no alternative but to shoot it . |
| 11 | His programming offered no alternative but to continue his mission . |
| 12 | When she stepped into the helicopter in front of me , I had no alternative but to follow her with my heart in my boots . |
| 13 | The Church has no alternative but to condemn him , excommunicate and reject him , as Pope Leo put it , ‘ having regard to the safety of his soul ’ , the pope expressing the hope that in return Coenwulf would be more generous to the Church of St Peter than Offa had been . |
| 14 | He had no alternative but to trust his fortune to fate and the high seas . |
| 15 | And they were had no alternative but to accept it . |
| 16 | She had no alternative but to tell him a series of absolute whoppers , as her younger brother , Rob , would have said . |
| 17 | ‘ I need help , sir , ’ the old man said , ‘ and I have no alternative but to throw myself quite on your mercy . ’ |
| 18 | We have no choice but to love him , nervously . |
| 19 | Trapped , Loretta had no choice but to give her attention to Bridget and Edward . |
| 20 | Once Pearl Jam start playing we find that we have no choice but to evacuate our Portacabin dressing room . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The archbishop of Canterbury was convinced , however , and the English bishops acquiesced , leaving Henry no choice but to support them as he had promised . |
| 23 | ‘ You 've no choice but to sell it . |
| 24 | Old body disposer Pugh 's nephew Duncan has been begging me for months to let him play and things have got so desperate I have no choice but to take him on . |
| 25 | This was her moment , and she knew she had no choice but to take it . |
| 26 | In JOURNEY 'S END a small group of British Officers have no choice but to do their duty in France in 1918 . |
| 27 | He had forced his way into her life , arranged things so that she 'd had no choice but to do his bidding — and as soon as she 'd done something to make it clear that she was still her own person and not his , he 'd humiliated her . |
| 28 | The other half of it lies in mobilising party and public support sufficiently strongly to leave Mrs Thatcher with no choice but to readmit him to the Cabinet if the Tories do return to office after the next election . |
| 29 | There is no choice but to analyse your own needs and be honest with yourself , weighing up one ‘ want ’ against another , before you actually set out to look for a place to live . |
| 30 | His hand curled around the nape of her neck , the pressure of it light but steady so that she had no choice but to lift her head and meet his gaze . |