Example sentences of "he [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By not only relieving David Gower of the captaincy , which was inevitable , but omitting him altogether the selectors provoked an uproar ; they came up with a party that had only two specialist openers , an inexperienced middle order , and some fast bowlers who were virtually untried , injury-prone and had a reputation for speed but not accuracy . |
| 2 | He had a flowing white mane , and an expression of vaguely inscrutable self-possession , giving him somewhat the air of a Nordic Chinese Mandarin . |
| 3 | Probably the most important effect of his reading of Joyce was to make him all the more aware of the possibilities of his anthropological reading , especially when applied to modern city life in the context of inanity or death : city life was filled with fatal torpor and Eliot described London as shrivelling , like an aged little bookkeeper . |
| 4 | The Tehran trip in May , in which he was humiliated , made him all the more certain that however good the ends , ‘ this was not the kind of exchange that was proper . ’ |
| 5 | They 'll love him all the more . |
| 6 | He was an ex-miner , and this endeared him all the more to Chapman , who , being familiar with mining , knew and admired the strength and fighting qualities which life down the pit bred in a man . |
| 7 | It made him all the more determined to do something . |
| 8 | In her heart , Beth sensed that he knew the way of things , and this only made him all the more determined to have a son of his own . |
| 9 | She raised her head , hoping he might realise how tired she was ; her dark eyes were looking into his , exciting him all the more . |
| 10 | This contrast may , of course , reflect to some degree the personal inclinations of the authors : it has been suggested in the previous chapter , for example , that Taskopruzade 's interests tended to the antiquarian , which would make him all the more likely to emphasize the old virtues of piety and learning . |
| 11 | I tell you , one night , if we knew he was coming , we would wait for him round the back and pitch him down the falls ! ’ |
| 12 | Harsh words led to action , and Haston despatched him down the public lavatory stairs . |
| 13 | ‘ I mean , when I saw him down the prom he did n't look the type at all — smart , respectable-looking lad . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I saw him down the bus station this morning . |
| 15 | The gardener , Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke and I pursued him down the garden and into the bluebell wood . |
| 16 | In the eyes of Louis , his near-drowning had been an act of self-emasculation , a loss of face tumbling him down the social scale to a level little higher than a peon 's . |
| 17 | Kisling was livid , and with the help of some friends managed to grab the sculptor and throw him down the stairwell from the seventh floor . |
| 18 | We made the cut in 1970 for my first British Open with Tom , but a bad last round put him down the field . |
| 19 | His plight was clearly desperate ; the slightest motion could hurtle him down the remaining few yards of slope and over the lip into the quarry . |
| 20 | The German turned round obediently and the orderly followed him down the wire . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's been disappointing that sometimes his emotional tension has dropped him down the placings . |
| 22 | There were plenty of other boys to follow him down the good physician 's route to Fitzwilliam Square . |
| 23 | Joy and Alan came back , and it was decided that we would wait until dark and then bring him down the fire escape ; luckily there was one right next to his room . |
| 24 | As Sister and Nurse Robins are swigging coffee with that drag Jones , I took him down the short cut through Eyes and shoved him into 15 . |
| 25 | Anna moved towards the bus steps and saw the driver looking behind him down the length of the bus , waiting . |
| 26 | The butler led him down the hall to a veneered door which he opened . |
| 27 | She sweet-talked him down the line , worming her way into his heart , and talking money . |
| 28 | When at last Hazel had got him back to the ditch , he refused at first to go underground and Hazel had almost to push him down the hole . |
| 29 | He would let her father row him down the lake and dangle out a few lines to see if a tickle of fish would tickle his mood . |
| 30 | I 've pursued him down the disappearing paths of my own psyche . |