Example sentences of "[noun sg] force [pron] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Vanessa Thompson , who lives in Brussels , decided to make the study when her husband 's job forced her to leave the pretty village where she lived for eight years .
2 But as he made his getaway , shoppers wrestled him to the ground forcing him to drop the stolen loot — along with £200 he had stashed in a pocket — and he fled empty-handed .
3 Coming out of Beckley a wandering Triumph Herald forced us to check the anti-lock brakes ( they work , and well ) .
4 The raider forced him to open the safe and fled with cash .
5 Kerr was Millwall 's leading scorer and a contender for Player of the Year until an ankle injury forced him to miss the closing weeks of last season .
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