Example sentences of "[was/were] forced [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly , we were too far ahead of the game and , despite the title being ready for a May launch we were forced to hold off because the software was one step behind our hardware ! |
| 2 | But inspired by the experience of Jim Duffy at the back and battling Stainrod himself up front , the pattern of play changed dramatically during the final half hour , to the extent that it was the visitors who were forced to hang on , especially after Stainrod had forced goalkeeper Theo Snelders into an own-goal during the latter stages . |
| 3 | In this way exhibitors were forced to fill up their screens for months ahead with pictures they had never seen . |
| 4 | Egypt closed its airspace and two Libyan aircraft were forced to turn back . |
| 5 | They were forced to turn back , part with their briefcases and leave by the main exit , enduring a search and the humiliation of the crowd . |
| 6 | We got onto the summit crest but were forced to turn back . |
| 7 | There was talk of the whole station 's being moved into purpose-built accommodation some time in the future , but so far nothing definite had been arranged , so they were forced to put up with the cramped conditions and lack of amenities , like parking . |
| 8 | Jim Smith 's Cup-fighters were hoping to rekindle a fading promotion play-off challenge and they were forced to put out what was , on paper , their strongest team , even though many of them looked as if they needed a rest after their efforts at Highbury . |
| 9 | ( p. 253 ) Instead , the major complaint is that they were forced to give up political activity after the struggle . |
| 10 | Eventually , as much for hygienic reasons as out of a desire to conform with Moscow 's example of de-Stalinization , the Czechs were forced to give up the battle to keep Gottwald 's corpse from going green and bury him instead . |
| 11 | Those having no money were forced to give up their clothes and sleep on the bare floor , often with fatal results . |
| 12 | The masters were forced to give in to wage demands in 1772 and 1775 . |
| 13 | Firstly , would you see any problem with that under a led government directly and secondly if Rupert were forced to sell off either some of his stake in B Sky B or some of his newspaper interests er , what would be your attitude to er , buying ? |
| 14 | Many were forced to opt out . |
| 15 | The French were crushed by the native forces and the Americans were forced to move in to take their place in order to safe-guard their investment , going a little deeper into the quicksand . |
| 16 | ANTI-POLL tax activists have claimed a victory after sheriff officers were forced to call off their visit to a house in Bonnyrigg . |
| 17 | A lengthy list of injury absentees at the weekend underlined his call for further new faces at the club ; youngsters Gary Paterson , Andy Dow , Neil McCann and Paul Ritchie receiving first team calls after Morten Wieghorst , Graham Rix , Jamie McGowan and Gary McKeown were forced to call off . |
| 18 | In other cases which have attracted recent headlines , trainee firemen in London were hosed with cold water and left in the street in baby doll nightdresses , a young policewoman in Manchester was handcuffed to railings through a freezing night , and army recruits in Colchester were forced to call out musical notes as a sergeant hit them on their naked buttocks with a baseball bat . |
| 19 | As a result , the exchange 's members were forced to close out their positions while voters were still at the polling booths . |
| 20 | But once you 'd lied — even if it were only by implication or simply by failing to deny something — you were forced to go on lying . |
| 21 | The TUC edict was followed on 5 July by action against the Cricklewood sorters — they were laid off by the Post Office management and threatened with the withdrawal of strike pay by the Union of Post Office Workers and as a result were forced to go back to handling Grunwick mail . |
| 22 | Jewellery replied quickly and Amison and Plant were forced to take on extra defensive duties while at the other end , captain Tony Elkin , brother Kevin and Paul Moran were well in control for Barlaston . |
| 23 | Those who criticize post-revolutionary Romanians for their lack of civic virtue and their insensitivity to the problems of their fellow citizens , particularly the abandoned young , should remember what sort of society they were forced to live in and what sort of values were imposed on them . |
| 24 | Their enemies drove them out arid they were forced to live down in the marshes of Kelfazin . |
| 25 | Members of the Gospel Outreach Centre , Clifton Road , say they were forced to shut down after Darlington council laid down strict planning restrictions . |
| 26 | Matthew Paris says that he convicted innumerable monks and laymen , nobles and commoners , on a multitude of indictments for breaches of the Forest law , and , in order to enrich the king , imposed such heavy penalties on the offenders that many were flung into prison , many were despoiled of all their goods and were forced to eke out a bare existence in misery , and many others became exiles and wandering beggars . |
| 27 | The Saints were forced to carry out sweeping changes to their site , including a new stand , entrance , steps from the dressing room and floodlights . |
| 28 | Recruits were forced to march along dusty tracks on their knees , packs on their backs , caps held above their heads ; they were woken and made to hop on the spot , half-naked and loaded down with sandbags , for two to three hours . |
| 29 | From that moment the software companies said they were forced to keep up prices because of the hackers . |
| 30 | Local farmers , too , were forced to face up to the unpleasant fact that they could no longer compete with the Poles because of the low cost of Polish labour and the high Reich and Polish tariff barriers . |