Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] the whole " in BNC.

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1	So he got the whole story , and when it was spelled out , the catalogue of suspicions and circumstantial evidence did sound pretty feeble .
2	At home he rarely had more than a piece of toast and marmalade for breakfast , but when he was away he ate the whole cooked breakfast .
3	yeah , so Ivan said to me , he said er he said well I do I suppose you have noticed he said but whenever she comes down here he said the whole line stops I said I quite agree I said well let's be honest about it if he 's knocking out the meat he , it 's got ta stop cos he stops
4	But — ’ and here he turned the whole force of his energetic presence on Jacob — ‘ I would suggest that you do not attempt to bring her home .
5	Given his background , he built up a very effective little unit , then he offered the whole thing to us after the Flying Doctor business .
6	Then he went back to his mother , taking the Kings with him , and there he divided the whole spoil with the hidalgos and his other companions , both the Moorish captives and all the spoil of whatever kind , so that they departed right joyfully , being well pleased with what he had done .
7	You may remember that Samson was a man of enormous strength and then , following a liaison with Delila and her cutting off his hair , he was reported to have become as weak as a child — and yet there was an occasion , which led to his death , when he brought the whole temple down by pulling the pillars against which he was propped .
8	I 'd love to see a match where he sent the whole fucking lot off .
9	I 'd love to watch a match where he sent the whole lot off .
10	To illustrate the problem , and explain why he saw the whole business in gladiatorial terms as a contest resulting in victory over a subdued female Nature , one that became the opposite of what it seemed , docile and yielding instead of cold and repelling , he invoked the example of Shakespeare .

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