Example sentences of "so that [pron] [be] forced " in BNC.

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1 There were no cinemas or pubs or dances so that we were forced to find pleasure in the ordinary things which surrounded us , the sky and books and the changing seasons .
2 Often , too , the teacher trammels the pupils too much within particular boundaries so that they are forced to go in the teacher 's direction and not their own .
3 Their rod sends an electrical current into the water which effects the muscles of the fish so that they are forced to swim towards their captors .
4 Without saying a word , Piers took the book away from her and tossed it aside , then he held her face between his hands , so that she was forced to stare into his eyes .
5 She felt his hands on her waist , pulling her ruthlessly away from the box so that she was forced to withdraw her hand .
6 His hands jerked her to him again as a group of jugglers pushed past , their clubs digging into her back so that she was forced to catch Lucenzo 's shoulders and lean hard against him , totally at his mercy .
7 His eyes narrowed on her face , he put his cup down , stripped off his apron , and walked slowly to stand beside her chair so that she was forced to look up at him .
8 Gavin leaned over the table and gently tipped her chin upwards so that she was forced to look into his eyes .
9 When she mentioned this , Fen did not move but merely swayed his hips to one side , so that she was forced to duck her head past strong legs in order to see what she was doing .
10 By December that year , James II had lost almost all his support so that he was forced to flee the country when William of Orange landed with his forces at Torbay .
11 He grabbed Rohmer by the arm and swung him around so that he was forced to look him in the face .
12 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 .
13 The colour drained from his face and he would certainly have fallen , had not two crimson rope-lights shot out and pinioned his arms to the wall , so that he was forced to stand , vertically , half hanging by his hands , half supported by his mutilated legs .
14 This is wound round the threads in a clockwise direction so that it is forced in as the joint is tightened .
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