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 . |