Sentence examples for pushed him ahead from inspiring English sources

He had been about to concede his race for the House four years ago when late returns pushed him ahead of the incumbent by about 1,500 votes.

Michelle, who was often wary of her husband's ambitions, may have also pushed him ahead with her high expectations of what he could achieve.

Coffey's goal, 17 seconds into the middle period, was the 271st goal in his career and pushed him ahead of Bobby Orr into second place among N.H.L. defensemen on the career list.

Despite having a great regular season, one that easily pushed him ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant in the MVP race, James's redemption didn't happen until late in the NBA playoffs.

But his display of grit and determination may have pushed him ahead of Root with just one warm-up game - a four-dayer against Haryana starting on Thursday - before the Tests.

Lysacek was tied with Parker Pennington in second place ordinals and had one more first place ordinal, giving him the win in the free skate in the Total Ordinals of Majority tiebreaker, which pushed him ahead in overall factored placements, allowing him to win the title overall.

We're not going to push him ahead of where we think the process goes.

Mr. Della Valle's latest purchases push him ahead of the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim as Saks's top shareholder.

Mr. King, who remains popular in many of the most conservative pockets of the district, said he never took any election for granted but felt confident that his 40 years with "the same wife, the same church" would push him ahead of Mrs. Vilsack, who moved to Ames to make her run.

"He feels that tightness when accelerating and it would be a real risk to push him ahead.

Tom Youngs' progress since his conversion from centre has been remarkable, his extra dynamism in the loose pushing him ahead of Dylan Hartley for England.