Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] all the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was such tenderness in his face as he studied the tears flowing down her cheeks that she cried all the harder . |
| 2 | Clara was not fully aware of Miss Haines ' interest , because it was hidden by a sharp and brisk demeanour , and by an almost excessive severity , so she worked all the harder in her efforts to impress . |
| 3 | The appeal of Brand A is that it does all the work for the slimmer . |
| 4 | ‘ And who does all the research ? ’ |
| 5 | Sometimes humans put out bowls of milk for us and we do all the housework for them . |
| 6 | She said to them , sometimes , but she 's a widow , she lives all alone , she has no one , she seems to expect it of me : and they sympathized all the more , and said that they could see how hard it must be for Clara to break away . |
| 7 | And he felt all the better for it . |
| 8 | Straightforward electronic testing of the assembly , that is , seeing if it does all the things it should , is slow , costly and may still fail to reveal some imperfections . |
| 9 | ‘ No — what I mean is — if he 's sitting at home while you do all the work , why is n't he happy ? |
| 10 | When you do all the sums and move all the money from pocket to pocket it looks as if there is an increase of between 2 to 2.5 per cent and that is almost the difference between the previous inflation forecast of 3.5 per cent and the present inflation forecast of 5.75 per cent . |
| 11 | Sometimes slime algae can be very difficult to shift , even though you do all the right things . |
| 12 | Food processors have revolutionised some people 's lives because they take all the effort out of preparing food , as they do all the chopping , slicing , grating , blending , whisking , and kneading incredibly fast . |
| 13 | Successful salesmen in bucket shops scorn weak or moralising colleagues , just as they do all the clients . |
| 14 | My German worked like a dream , like a brilliant robot you switch on and stand back and admire as it does all the hard work . |