1.   A resignation would force open the debate and make Dini keep his promise to quit, the Alliance argued.

2.   It looked as though the shed had been forced open.

3.   She tried to keep the door shut but the man forced it open.

4.   She used the screwdriver to force open the first one.

5.   So they send one of their servants down to force it open, but he never comes back.

6.   The burglars had forced open the window with an iron bar.

7.   The door had been forced open and partially ripped off its hinges, and it banged monotonously against the frame.

8.   The door had not been forced open, which strongly suggests that the victim was known to her killer.

9.   The door was locked so we had to force it open.