egg on

She was egged on to ask the boss for a raise.

Egged on by India, which fears a Maoist takeover above all, he declared that no former Maoist fighter would be allowed to join the army.

But the flurry of deals is a risky strategy, at a time when politicians, egged on by voters, are flirting with economic nationalism.

With school pupils taking part, egged on by the Socialist Party, things could yet spin out of control.

But the sisters, egged on by their father, decided to punish the fans at Indian Wells and the tennis world for booing them.

German voters, egged on by xenophobic tabloid headlines, do not want to pay for the Greek social contract.

Egged on by the likes of Mr Sarkozy, the European Commission is likely to issue a draft of similar rules in October.

Snubbed by Mr Karzai and egged on by furious supporters, Dr Abdullah said that the IEC ruling had "no legal basis" .

In hades egged on by hades, god Zeus decided to punish foolish humans.

The stupid thing, egged on by nationalist youth, is to send an expeditionary force by land to "rescue" them.

Unfortunately next-door Ethiopia, egged on by the Americans, intervened to oust them.

That is in part because successive Turkish governments, egged on by the army, have refused to recognise the Kurds' existence.

Egged on by Iago, Othello makes up his mind to kill Desdemona.

Indeed it egged on the integration of financial markets that spurred the financing.

Egged on by Darwin, in 1847 Hooker advised the Royal Navy to set in motion an elaborate plan.

Egged on by their Sith overlord, the Trade Federation began a full-scale invasion of Naboo.

That process was egged on by a new influx of foreign money, ideas and people.

Egged on by his fellow Brits, he completed the run in 19. 5 hours.

Good riddance, some British voters, egged on by Mr Brown, might say.

I was egged on by him to do it!