Example sentences of "[was/were] force [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Locals were forced to spreadeagle themselves on the ground at gunpoint . |
| 2 | She realised with a suppressed groan that she was forced to justify herself to the chief superintendent in the same terms as she had defended herself against Christine Mills . |
| 3 | Minutes after appearing before a television crew to defend a jockey 's right to have the whip in his armoury , Steve Cauthen was forced to use it aboard the short-head winner . |
| 4 | At the final moment he was forced to cast himself into the Realm of Chaos to avoid final and utter death . |
| 5 | They once lived on a housing estate , but the council was forced to move them to the isolated bungalow after complaints from neighbours . |
| 6 | Poor Mrs Sugden had her leg put in plaster , and was forced to bump herself down the stairs to get her husband 's meals — he had no intention of spoiling her . |
| 7 | He grabbed Rohmer by the arm and swung him around so that he was forced to look him in the face . |