Example sentences of "[was/were] forced [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " 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 | At the final moment he was forced to cast himself into the Realm of Chaos to avoid final and utter death . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The root of the problem lay in the fact that , having cut its links with the United States , Cuba ‘ was forced to graft itself onto a bloc which , apart from being totally different , was already afflicted with its own specific illnesses . |