Example sentences of "force [pn reflx] [to-vb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe he is half aware of his problem and has made some effort to solve it by forcing himself to concentrate on what he is told to read . |
| 2 | She and her music would get through it ; just as Jay was forcing herself to thrive on an inimitable diet of white wine and forties Chicago gangland trash . |
| 3 | She pushed the thoughts firmly from her mind , forcing herself to concentrate on what Terry was saying . |
| 4 | Nausea welled up in her ; she fought it down , forcing herself to concentrate on the road , to hang on until she saw the street sign Chemin de la Tourelle . |
| 5 | Trends have since changed , however , and Mudhoney have forced themselves to jump on the major label bandwagon , if only to survive . |
| 6 | Lapping a straggler , he forced himself to focus on the shimmering surface . |
| 7 | She forced herself to concentrate on Violette 's lurid tale , another instalment in her life with the police . |
| 8 | She forced herself to concentrate on the here and now . |
| 9 | Something flared inside her , but she quickly quelled it and forced herself to concentrate on what he was saying . |
| 10 | For a time her emotions stopped her thinking clearly until she forced herself to concentrate on the problem logically . |
| 11 | She brushed away the dullness that settled itself on her whenever she thought too hard about his death , about the way he had chosen to live parts of his life , the worries that had been there within her , deep below the surface , and forced herself to concentrate on finding the right numbered exit to this magnificent part of Gloucestershire . |
| 12 | Dragging about her every shred of the detachment she had learned over the years , she forced herself to concentrate on the immediate future . |
| 13 | At such moments it was difficult to remain calm , but she forced herself to concentrate on the figures until eventually the task was finished . |
| 14 | She forced herself to keep on an even keel . |