Example sentences of "[vb past] no alternative [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | In the circumstances we feel the police had no alternative but to shoot it . |
| 4 | She had no alternative but to tell him a series of absolute whoppers , as her younger brother , Rob , would have said . |
| 5 | When she stepped into the helicopter in front of me , I had no alternative but to follow her with my heart in my boots . |