Example sentences of "forced [to-vb] [subord] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IVAN Lendl joined the long list of seeded players to fall at the US Open when he was forced to retire because of tendinitis in his left knee . |
| 2 | The teenager who can not find a job , the young mother with no one but toddlers to talk to , the active man forced to retire because of age regulations , the person who spends day after day doing the same repetitive work — all these people , and many others , may suffer from extreme boredom . |
| 3 | Had a good innings It looks as though Ian Butcher may be forced to retire because of injury at the age of 226 . |
| 4 | Thirty year old Caton was forced to retire because of injury . |
| 5 | The American was forced to withdraw because of engine failure . |
| 6 | With supplies disrupted , local residents are being forced to forage for for food and fuel ; trees and shrubs are being cut down and endangered species hunted with automatic weapons . |
| 7 | The bus attacked on June 27 was travelling to Colombo from Pottuvil , some 100 km south of Batticaloa , when it was forced to stop because of land mines . |