Example sentences of "[was/were] force [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Their enemies drove them out arid they were forced to live down in the marshes of Kelfazin . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We , at least , are a leaner and , I hope , a healthier organisation because of the changes we were forced to bring about in the workshop . |
| 5 | He admired them duly and was forced to join in with a chorus of auld lang syne downstairs . |
| 6 | Barry , assistant manager at Perry 's brasserie in Beaumont Street , was forced to drive back to the bar in his own car and ordered to open the safe . |
| 7 | Net trading surpluses , from which funds were allocated , evaporated ; for most of 1921 and 1922 the LCS Political Committee was forced to carry on without a grant . |
| 8 | One cafe and clothesshop owner says he was forced to close down for the weekend . |
| 9 | The reigning Commonwealth middleweight champion Stevens was forced to move up to the heavier weight following a knee injury and a prolonged viral infection . |
| 10 | The reigning Commonwealth middleweight champion Stevens was forced to move up to the heavier weight following a knee injury and a prolonged viral infection . |
| 11 | At the same time , many inner-city slums were knocked down , so part of the growing post-war population was forced to move out of the central urban areas . |
| 12 | For this reason , Handy was forced to sell out in the late 1960s . |
| 13 | The crimson rope-lights still held him , so that he was forced to go on down the slope until they stood before the terrible dwelling place of the necromancer . |
| 14 | To clear this last hurdle I was forced to queue up outside a shed with a number of soldiers . |
| 15 | Easing the car into first gear , she set off back along the road , a frown deepening on her face as she was forced to crawl along at a snail 's pace , unable to see more than a couple of feet ahead in the ever-thickening snow . |
| 16 | She kept trying to tell herself that his was just another face in a long line of faces , but the nearness of him was agonising , and she was forced to face up to a bitter realisation . |
| 17 | It can only get tougher for the tourists when they face a resurgent Wales at the Arms Park on Saturday , although home hopes of upsetting the world champions were delivered a huge blow yesterday , when Swansea full-back Tony Clement was forced to pull out with a stress fracture of the leg . |
| 18 | His knee problems began three weeks ago , but came to a head on Wednesday when he was forced to pull out of a friendly for Juventus against Second Division side Spal , after he broke down during the warm-up . |
| 19 | JIMMY WHITE was forced to pull out of the £25,000 Benson and Hedges snooker tournament in Glasgow yesterday because of an illness in his family . |
| 20 | Crosby reassured Byrne yesterday after the Republic of Ireland marksman was forced to pull out of the international squad with a calf injury that will sideline him for a fortnight . |
| 21 | He made only 17 and 18 but so weakened himself that he was forced to pull out of the following three-day fixture in Vishakhapatnam . |
| 22 | Sheppard was forced to pull out of the last of the British Grand Prix qualifying meets last month , thus losing her chance to defend the sprint freestyle title at the Superfinal in Cardiff in May , and she has still not returned to full training . |