Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] all the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , his increased persistence of late may even be my employer 's way of urging me all the more to respond in a like-minded spirit .
2 He 'd do it all the more would he ?
3 He 'd do it all the more .
4 If he chucks something on the ground he 'll pick it up and give it to me and he 'll do it all the more .
5 It hurt her all the more and she slumped to her knee .
6 ‘ Those who have been around for a while and waited on an international chance tend to appreciate it all the more when one arrives , ’ he said .
7 It must make it all the harder that this reception has availed so little in the result … still this is n't the end of everything .
8 Bimbo , his last novel , was a cleverly sustained pastiche of tabloid culture , and the author 's veiled compassion for the eponymous narrator made it all the sharper .
9 Which made it all the harder to understand why Wilkinson had not begun with Cantona in the side on a summery day that seemed ideally suited to his ball-playing skills .
10 This made it all the harder for the mother to treat the ailing youngster and she might give up on the treatment for this reason .
11 The incorporation of the French intellectual tradition and the artistic underground made it all the easier to hide the ideological background of the Socialist regime .
12 ‘ I head for the nearest jewellery store , ’ she said lightly , ‘ which gives me all the more incentive to get this door open . ’
13 I know that you worry , even though I beg you not to , and I love you all the more for being so sweet about it .
14 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 .
15 Instead , he laughed aloud and beat them all the fiercer .
16 Exports are one way for America to soften the impact of sluggish demand at home ; the undervalued dollar makes it all the easier , in effect , to import some vitality from Germany and Japan .
17 A little contempt for military life makes it all the easier
18 It makes it all the sweeter when they fall .
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