Example sentences of "force [pron] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a powerful kick you have to move your centre of gravity forwards , and this inevitably forces you to drop the spent kicking foot close to the opponent , where it can then be hooked or swept . |
| 2 | Donald Schon has shown how the displacement of a concept by analogizing not only initiates new thoughts but also , by changing the concept itself , forces one to rethink the old . |
| 3 | Robyn turned , forcing herself to ignore the sudden uncontrollable lurch in the pit of her stomach , the slight tremble in her hands that would surely take a hold if she let it . |
| 4 | Nell swallowed , slowly held out her hand , forcing herself to touch the obscene body before her , instinctively aware that a gesture of contact would be the most effective way to calm the creature . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | His fingers laced themselves in the loose strands of her wet hair , pulling her head back so that her body was arched against him , forcing her to face the feverish gleam in the heavy-lidded grey eyes staring down at her so intently . |
| 7 | Try to force them to do the right thing . |
| 8 | Then he tried to force me to take the damn' thing , and I had to call attention to my delicate condition . |
| 9 | You know ’ — she almost had to force herself to use the strange name — ‘ Buck Kettering 's daughter . ’ |
| 10 | Debts of more than £150,000 have forced them to close the tiny store in the village of Great Stukeley in Mr Major 's Huntingdon constituency . |
| 11 | And force him to ask the same questions of his life , and to reply : This is all there is and it is enough . |
| 12 | Since the Hungarians had forced him to accept the famous ‘ Compromise ’ of June 1867 which divided the Austrian dominions , Franz-Joseph 's field of action in foreign policy was limited by pressures from the Hungarian half of the Empire . |
| 13 | ‘ While they play their bloody silly games and force us to do the same … ’ |
| 14 | Then a stitch stabbed my ribs and forced me to walk the next few yards . |
| 15 | Kirov forced himself to examine the faked photograph in detail , his keen eye searching for the slightest flaw . |
| 16 | Grant forced himself to hold the challenging stare of the glittering black eyes for what seemed an age , but what was in fact only a few seconds . |
| 17 | Jezrael 's heart beat faster but she forced herself to slow the shallow breathing of panic . |
| 18 | There was a thread of anger in the question , but Fran ignored it , just as she forced herself to ignore the sudden surge of hope that filled her heart . |
| 19 | As she lay down in bed and put out her light , she forced herself to recall the latest chapter , completed a few days before , and fell asleep mulling over the next . |
| 20 | Glad to be alone in her familiar little room later , Leonora forced herself to face the indigestible truth . |
| 21 | The raider forced him to open the safe and fled with cash . |
| 22 | It was Blackberry who bullied the stupefied Pipkin to his feet and forced him to limp the few yards to the gravel spit . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Darwin introduced a new element into the equation because he started not from the fossil record but from field studies , which forced him to consider the real-life pressures acting upon species in the course of geological time . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Throughout the day there was torrential rain , but despite this everybody mucked in ( literally ) and worked very hard until late in the afternoon when the weather finally forced us to stop the good work . |
| 27 | Coming out of Beckley a wandering Triumph Herald forced us to check the anti-lock brakes ( they work , and well ) . |