Example sentences of "be force [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Fashanu is desperate to play on the big stage and with Wimbledon 's crowds at an all-time low , they may be forced to part with their biggest star . |
| 2 | This is the only way in which it can be forced to feed on its own surplus fat . |
| 3 | ‘ Because of Tory party policy I 'm able to come to Hummersknott rather than be forced to go to my local school , ’ he said . |
| 4 | If their bodies had not been quite crushed to death by the labours they had been forced to perform for their Egyptian taskmasters , then surely their spirits had been . |
| 5 | As early as 1935 Herbert Wilcox had been forced to resign from his British and Dominions company following the failure of his bid for US success . |
| 6 | People had been forced to combine for their own salvation . |
| 7 | In addition , excavations over a large area revealed considerable reconstruction and modification of existing buildings in the same period , as though the town was being forced to adapt to its new inhabitants . |
| 8 | Out-numbered , the two revenue men attempted to contact the Venturous with their portable radios for assistance , but as so often happens they had no success , and were forced to act on their own initiative . |
| 9 | His early history was not revealed , but when he arrived at his new home he was hostile , aggressive , and even savage ; and people were forced to take to their own heels to save themselves from his ! |
| 10 | As Blanche realises that she has no one to turn to she is forced to return to her own world . |
| 11 | FORMER Wimbledon champion Pat Cash suffered a reoccurrence of a knee injury and was forced to withdraw from his round-robin match against fellow Australian Wally Limberger at the Colonial Mutual Classic tournament in Melbourne yesterday . |
| 12 | Only the knowledge that , by any modern standards , he was a genuinely quick bowler persuaded Ellcock to stay in the game and continue the battle for fitness when he was forced to return to his adopted London home from England 's tour of his native West Indies in 1990 without bowling a competitive ball . |