Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried calling softly , but there was no reply , and I did not dare make more noise for fear of disturbing the others . |
| 2 | If , in spite of treatment , the foetus is shown to be severely affected the woman may be offered the choice of terminating the pregnancy or undertaking a further course of treatment to help prevent more damage . |
| 3 | He had never dared do more than imagine it while Brückner was alive . |
| 4 | To promote enterprise by companies large and small , and to help create more jobs . |
| 5 | Sorry , information was wrong there , but nevertheless you 're near the top of the tree in trying to help get more nursery places in the county and you know that you 're being you may have the best intentions , but you do n't have the facilities to do very much about it . |
| 6 | Information and cash are two very practical ways that the Campaign is helping encourage more people actively to care for their local surroundings . |
| 7 | The job may go under different titles on different stations around the world , but essentially that 's what I 'll be from Monday on , even if you do earn more than me . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I do think more people want en suite bathrooms but rooms without these facilities are obviously cheaper — so it depends on what people want to spend , ’ says Alison Hewitt , co-owner of 17th century coaching inn , the White Hart Hotel , on the Wold , Gloucestershire . |
| 9 | Sometimes I 'm rather greedy and I do eat more than I should , and then you pay for it in the end . |
| 10 | we do want more fish out . |
| 11 | I 'd like , I 'd just say that I the the are professionals now that do know more about eating disorders and I do think there are clinics being set up . |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe you do know more than I 'm giving you credit for , Cardiff , ’ said Rohmer . |
| 13 | While vegetables generally have the capacity to germinate soon after spring sowing , however low the temperature drops , flower seeds , also due for sowing soon on adjacent land to provide cut flowers during the summer , do need more warmth to get going . |
| 14 | Yeah we do need more information certainly . |
| 15 | But we do need more friends and volunteers to help us get out and about so that we do n't feel life 's passing us by . ’ |
| 16 | because this has happened time and time again and yes they do need more life cover or they do need a PHI policy or a savings plan . |
| 17 | We do need , this is a fair point , that we do need more data all the way through here , at the moment none of us is suggesting any compulsory tests for anybody . |
| 18 | Here a vast crowd did display more enthusiasm than that before Notre Dame and the Emperor and Empress were obliged to appear frequently on the balcony of the palace to acknowledge the cheers . |
| 19 | Spending chiefs decided to delay their decision until then , although they did discuss more council spending as well as less . |
| 20 | They did need more evidence . |
| 21 | Robert Urquhart did know more than he pretended , Blanche was convinced , but she was not convinced about the thoroughness of his investigation into Mills ' murder . |
| 22 | It can hardly be said that his optimism was fully justified , though ironically enough the supply did become more than adequate in most seasons from the middle of the century onwards , when traffic dropped away . |
| 23 | Now modal tag is one for seeking agreement whereas an effective tag is one that shows concern to the addressee and according to this study , if you looked and the sheer number of tags , women did use more tags than men , but in actual fact women used a higher proportion of the effective tags than men did . |
| 24 | I do believe more women would broaden the agenda . |
| 25 | I 'm still conscious of what I wear , I have n't completely lost track of fashion , but I do take more care now to see that my body is well covered , especially my head . |
| 26 | ‘ I do appreciate more than you know — ’ but Gilly did n't wait to hear Mr Randolph 's appreciation . |
| 27 | Women did not eat as many sausages , pies , or fish and chips than men , yet did have more fruit and recommended reduced fat milk . |
| 28 | He did have more of an interest in what was going on around him than Wellington . |
| 29 | To see whether the junction films actually did have more fixed information in them than the others , a comparison was made of the ratings from Groeger and Chapman ( in press b ) . |
| 30 | Erm no I did have more than that . |