Example sentences of "but [verb] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His hand curved around her face , tilting it up , and Jenna had no option but to meet his dark eyes . |
| 2 | ‘ And what must help the players is that , all week , you do nothing but improve your technical skills and team pattern . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They do nothing but draw their monthly salaries . |
| 5 | Mr asked why we should close our homes and let private homes profit erm , if people choose either to go into the private sector or to stay into their own homes , what are we supposed to do tell them they 've got no choice but to keep our substandard homes going ? |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm impervious to your charm ’ , she 'd said — and he , the great Prince Sabatini , had had no choice but to prove her wrong . |
| 7 | He was not wholly a man of nostalgia , and the road accident which cost him his son at the age of 21 all but destroyed his religious faith . |