Example sentences of "forcing [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , Provenzano flew over a stolen car and circled while the patrolmen on the ground arrested four black men inside , forcing them to lie on the ground to be checked for weapons . |
| 2 | Local taxi drivers claimed last week that public parking on the taxi rank was forcing them to park on the street and causing congestion which was putting lives at risk . |
| 3 | The manager would have had them all in at 8 a.m. , forcing them to try on the latest zipper tops over their Iron Maiden T-shirts , and making them practise slouching around the sales floor trying to look cool in clothes designed to save lives in sub-zero temperatures . |
| 4 | ‘ Taste our pain , ’ hissed Dashwood , gripping Farrell 's chin , forcing him to chew on the strand of flesh . |
| 5 | Mike Atherton , too , came quietly back , and Tim Munton got his first Test cap , DeFreitas 's groin injury forcing him to withdraw from the squad . |
| 6 | It was this that had precipitated Charley 's act of violence towards Rose , whom he had grabbed as she parked her car , forcing her to drive to the van . |
| 7 | Joining the Foreign Legion in 1914 , and later the French Airforce , Hall became the first to capture a German plane intact , by forcing it to land behind the French lines . |