Example sentences of "than [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she saw him , she let out a little cry ( that bit took ages to rehearse : every bit that required Lady Laetitia to do more than flash her tits took ages ) , then turned and ran to the end of the room . |
| 2 | She 's cut out for better things than wasting her time on some blue-eyed , grease-stained English Romeo . ’ |
| 3 | Few things are more infuriating for a woman who is denied comfort for her own tears than to see her partner being sympathetically and sensually attracted to a strange woman who is grieving . |
| 4 | Although Ross had insisted on seeing her every day , during that time he had never done anything more than kiss her hand . |
| 5 | In a couple or family contract the patient and his partner , for example , may undertake to do things on a reciprocal basis ( e.g. a husband agrees to organize weekly social outings for he and his wife , while she agrees to tell him when she is feeling distressed , rather than keeping her feelings to herself ) . |
| 6 | And obviously she had done more than hold her own . |
| 7 | Lucy Lane enjoyed the distinction of having convinced Wycliffe that a woman could more than hold her own in the serious crimes squad and not only in rape cases . |
| 8 | In cases involving more than one child , the circular advised that it might be better for the local Board of Guardians to test the widow 's need by offering to take the children into the workhouse rather than give her outdoor relief . |
| 9 | ( e ) She appeared to her father to be disorientated and , according to the original evidence of Dr. F. , to be ‘ drowsy , detached and not fully compos mentis. ’ ( f ) The matrimonial history of father and mother suggests that Miss T. 's mother is a deeply committed Jehovah 's Witness , who would regard her daughter 's eternal salvation as far more important , and more in her daughter 's best interests , than lengthening her terrestrial life span . |
| 10 | She had been astonished before , but the words were barely out of her mouth when , causing her to be absolutely amazed , and with an effrontery she just could not credit , Naylor Massingham did no more than whip her spectacles from off her nose . |
| 11 | Perhaps she really did little more than lend her name , but it was to her at any rate that Queen Victoria 's secretary wrote with royal support for her venture ( the Queen had also supported the Victoria Press , named after her ) . |
| 12 | According to the Marquis de Sade ( and he should have known ) , Justine was a lady who more than merited her name . |
| 13 | ‘ I only hope he 's had more sense than to leave her money ! |
| 14 | In this example , Ricci goes much further than evaluating her daughter 's performance . |
| 15 | She turned her head , staring at him , noting how he looked down rather than meet her eyes , and knew at once that he was lying to her . |
| 16 | Significantly , another housewife mentioned the fact that housework is not paid work as a reason for disliking it ; she said she would be happier doing someone else 's housework for pay than doing her own work . |
| 17 | WENDY Picton can go one better than blowing her own trumpet . |
| 18 | For to rob a person of her virtue is worse than cutting her throat . |
| 19 | She had been born blind and her disability had enriched rather than restricted her life . |
| 20 | ‘ Just some stupid , bad tempered old woman with nothing better to do than poke her nose in where she 's no business . ’ |
| 21 | According to Neale , Elizabeth had originally wished to do no more than reintroduce her father 's national church , but was pressured into a more radical programme by Protestants in the House of Commons , who insisted on the adoption of the 1552 Prayer Book . |
| 22 | Molly Piggott , later Ben Curdle 's wife , was general help in the Youngs ' house , and Paul liked nothing better than to watch her cook . |
| 23 | She saw the blow coming , but hampered by Poll could take no avoiding action other than to turn her head slightly on receiving it . |
| 24 | Lucille thought the girl and the cavalry officer made a very fine couple , but she wished the girl would smile rather than hold her face in such a cold and supercilious expression . |
| 25 | When the initial grief of the desertion had passed she had known better than to mention her father 's name . |
| 26 | She kept trying to pull herself up , but she could n't get further than lifting her head forward a few inches . |
| 27 | Her heart leapt , but , rather than indulge her optimism , she rang her mother . |
| 28 | To come up with the right emotions for the President of the World , though hard work , was still so much easier than identifying her own . |
| 29 | She could feel Maggie 's distress ; Maggie needed more than to have her care about the house . |
| 30 | It was somehow better than making her own suppositions , which seemed to take an awful amount of energy and caused a lot of stress . |