Example sentences of "was forced [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost immediately it was revealed that he had told a radio interviewer on the morning of the lunch that there would be no such tax on gold-mining companies , and he was forced to return to parliament later on April 11 to admit that his memory of events had been mistaken . |
| 2 | But the fumes seeped in until she was forced to gulp for air and she plunged into a deep and haunted sleep . |
| 3 | Leaping over fallen worshippers , Ace made for the sedan chair , but was forced to dive for cover when Richmann appeared from behind it with the Winchester drawn . |
| 4 | A man who was in the car park at the time said he was forced to dive for cover . |
| 5 | More traumatic still , James Prior , with the greatest reluctance , was forced to move from Employment to the exile of Northern Ireland , even though Mrs Thatcher had to keep him on the Cabinet 's main economic forum , the E Committee . |
| 6 | The ‘ cities of inner despair ’ were conceived as the breeding ground for disorderly protest , and however hard the Government tried to break the causal link between the two , it was forced to take on board the need to restore order not only through the police but through promises of help for the inner cities . |
| 7 | Twelve year-old Tanwaru was forced to act as interpreter between the raiders and her mother who only speaks Bengali . |
| 8 | Irish referee Brian Smith was forced to act as peacemaker when fighting broke out among the rival front rows on more than one occasion , and once again the Aussies were frustrated by the spoiling tactics of the home side . |
| 9 | Shortly after the interview , paramilitaries raided the Adoc offices and Mr Endara was forced to flee by taxi , taking refuge at the Vatican embassy . |
| 10 | The [ father ] was forced to go to law to seek a residence order . |
| 11 | Even if he was forced to go into hospital , what can we do after that admission ? |
| 12 | Even though Haider was forced to resign as governor of Carinthia in June 1991 [ see p. 38298 ] he remained party leader . |
| 13 | After a period of prolonged popular opposition Avril was forced to resign as President in March 1990 and was replaced by Ertha Pascal-Trouillot , a Supreme Court justice , as laid down by the 1987 Constitution . |
| 14 | After a period of popular unrest , Avril was forced to resign as President in March 1990 and was replaced in an interim capacity by Ertha Pascal-Trouillot , a Supreme Court justice , under a procedure laid down by the 1987 Constitution . |
| 15 | Lord Haldane was forced to resign from government as a result of coalition , and eminent businessmen such as Sir Ernest Cassel and Sir Edgar Speyer withdrew from public life for the duration of the war . |
| 16 | The regular doctor was called , but he was forced to work in conjunction with ‘ Grannie Patin ’ , a self-appointed cure-all from Mapledurham . |
| 17 | One boy called Caddles was n't educated instead he was forced to work in chalk pits . |
| 18 | Traffic was heavy and drivers bad tempered so the white van was forced to jockey for position , the swarthy man stamping on brake or accelerator and his passenger bouncing off her precarious seat . |
| 19 | Ann High 's husband worked at the mine , but with eight children it was so difficult in winter that she was forced to apply for relief to buy extra clothing . |
| 20 | When the Junto ministry collapsed in 1700 , and William was forced to admit into office the Tory Earl of Rochester and his High Church followers , they were able to demand that Convocation be allowed to sit . |
| 21 | But , as he had anticipated , he was forced to lecture in order to finance his stay there . |
| 22 | She told about the shame , and the heartbreaking decision she was forced to make under duress . |
| 23 | Four months after the Eliots returned from their disagreeable holiday in North Africa , he contracted a virus and was forced to stay in bed for two weeks ; once more the rhythm of illness and flight from illness established itself . |