Example sentences of "was forced [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only a matter of months before she was forced to withdraw even with the support of Alfonso ( who now that the Cid was dead finally recognized the worth of his finest knight ) . |
| 2 | Barry , assistant manager at Perry 's brasserie in Beaumont Street , was forced to drive back to the bar in his own car and ordered to open the safe . |
| 3 | ‘ When I injured my shoulder ( she was forced to return home from the Federation Cup and had to miss a couple of tournaments ) I could n't do anything . |
| 4 | President Ibrahim Babangida was forced to return early from the Commonwealth heads of government meeting as a result of the crisis . |
| 5 | However on this occasion a Swordfish ( P4232 ‘ A ’ ) was lost when Lt. N.K. Cambell 's aircraft was hit by A.A. fire and he was forced to ditch just off the coast ; he and his observer managed to swim ashore , and were subsequently captured , but the TAG , P.O. ( A ) W.G.T. Welsh succumbed to injuries sustained . |
| 6 | One cafe and clothesshop owner says he was forced to close down for the weekend . |
| 7 | The reigning Commonwealth middleweight champion Stevens was forced to move up to the heavier weight following a knee injury and a prolonged viral infection . |
| 8 | The reigning Commonwealth middleweight champion Stevens was forced to move up to the heavier weight following a knee injury and a prolonged viral infection . |
| 9 | At the same time , many inner-city slums were knocked down , so part of the growing post-war population was forced to move out of the central urban areas . |
| 10 | The family was forced to flee ahead of the Russian advance in 1916 , and eventually settled in Vienna , where Erika learned her first card game , Preference , common in central Europe at the time . |
| 11 | For this reason , Handy was forced to sell out in the late 1960s . |
| 12 | The crimson rope-lights still held him , so that he was forced to go on down the slope until they stood before the terrible dwelling place of the necromancer . |
| 13 | It looks to me as if the situation was that the Inquisition would have liked to do nothing but was forced to do so by the detailed and documented evidence claiming that Galileo was in fact a heretic . |
| 14 | In the event , the plane was forced to land midway between the two cities anyway . |
| 15 | JIMMY WHITE was forced to pull out of the £25,000 Benson and Hedges snooker tournament in Glasgow yesterday because of an illness in his family . |
| 16 | Crosby reassured Byrne yesterday after the Republic of Ireland marksman was forced to pull out of the international squad with a calf injury that will sideline him for a fortnight . |
| 17 | He made only 17 and 18 but so weakened himself that he was forced to pull out of the following three-day fixture in Vishakhapatnam . |
| 18 | Sheppard was forced to pull out of the last of the British Grand Prix qualifying meets last month , thus losing her chance to defend the sprint freestyle title at the Superfinal in Cardiff in May , and she has still not returned to full training . |