Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] it but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing for it but to flee . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Since Natasha had not specified which room they were to meet in , there was nothing for it but to progress through each , ignoring the paintings and studying only the other visitors . |
| 4 | That avenue was obviously closed to us and there was nothing for it but to go en masse to Jimmy Coutts and lay our case before him . |
| 5 | There was nothing for it but to go with him . |
| 6 | If , however , you find yourself carrying three or four such problems it seems clear that there is nothing for it but to go back and attack the first difficulties again . |
| 7 | Nothing for it but to go back the way you came , to Neu St Johann , thence down the Toggenburg valley through the resorts of Nesslau and Ebnat-Kappel to Wattwil . |
| 8 | She had a cup of tea and then after half an hour there was nothing for it but to go . |
| 9 | Knowing that there was nothing for it but to go and apologise and , if possible , explain that her regularly serviced car was misbehaving , Fabia had her hand on the door-handle when she realised that she had no need to move . |
| 10 | There was nothing for it but to do as he suggested . |
| 11 | We were well aware of him stifling cries of pain , but there was nothing for it but to proceed . |
| 12 | There 's nothing for it but to clamber , wheezing and bursting of heart , up the steep steps ( 300 and more ) of one of the deepest shafts of the Underground to air and freedom . |
| 13 | Then , as she passed the door of the room where the dancing was , Robert appeared , and there was nothing for it but to repeat Dawn 's message . |
| 14 | There was nothing for it but to pretend it had all been as Aunt Emily would have wished it to be . |
| 15 | There was nothing for it but to persevere . |
| 16 | There is nothing for it but to taste and to experiment for yourself . |
| 17 | There was nothing for it but to attempt a take-off and try to make for Tobruk . |
| 18 | There was nothing for it but to attempt to dig them out by hand . |
| 19 | The circulation of air round a depression usually has ‘ fronts ’ or areas of rain associated with it , and when birds , which navigate by being able to see the night sky , meet with a barrier of rain and bad visibility then there is nothing for it but to drop down to the nearest land and wait until conditions improve . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | There was nothing for it but to await events … |
| 22 | She found she had torn most of the mourning band away from her sleeve and there was nothing for it but to pull it off entirely . |
| 23 | BETTER EXERCISE Nothing for it but to have a jolly good workout lifting one 's leg . |
| 24 | For example , on high policy common opinion said that there was nothing for it but to stay in the ERM . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | There was nothing for it but to tell her the truth . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | And then the drawbridge was falling , with a clanking and a whirring of machinery and the light was pouring into the courtyard and the Gnomes were cheering and the giants were nodding to one another , and there was nothing for it but to ride away with Snodgrass , with Balor loping along at their side , with Fenella behind in the hands of the Gruagach . |
| 29 | So , whether I liked it or not , there was nothing for it but to face the rocks . |
| 30 | As he said no more there was nothing for it but to walk on . |