Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] more than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | This was indeed his year for honours since in January he had been awarded the Order of Merit by George VI ; some have said that this gratified him more than the Nobel , and certainly he seemed to enjoy wearing the medal and ribbon on ceremonial occasions . |
2 | But he felt no exhilaration , and he did not participate in the public celebrations after the surrender of the Japanese ; the noise of the fireworks actually disturbed him more than the bombs of the blitz . |
3 | Next is Aled Williams of Bridgend , whose consistency in domestic matches , which might not be transferred to internationals , should have earned him more than a replacement honour ( out of position ) against Namibia in 1990 . |
4 | We always had to chase after him for it and he 'd never give her more than a pound a week . |
5 | Since the poetic structure includes only those elements which evoke a response in the reader , it is this response that must be taken as the analyst 's starting point ; the linguist as such can not tell us what is interesting or important about a work ( ‘ No grammatical analysis of a poem can give us more than the grammar of the poem ’ ( p. 213 ) ) . |
6 | Maxwell still thinks he can run this himself , pay up and leave with his daughter rather than keep his money and have the case come to court so that his affairs might have to be examined — that could cost him more than the ransom . |
7 | The three characters are portrayed with vivid detail and lively humour : two sailors who flirt with a girl but find her more than a match for either of them . |
8 | Even the minutiae of the airline business obsessed him more than the minutiae of the record business ever had . |
9 | Doctors have given her more than a fighting chance and I just have that to cling to . ’ |
10 | Well , if you want my advice , I 'd say make him more than a friend , if you get my meaning . |
11 | Unconcerned that it took him more than a year to prepare for , he points out the record wait for a first speech is 40 years and even Margaret Thatcher took 18 months before she made hers . |
12 | And the new job as Guides chief executive will pay her more than the £45,000 a year she got from British Gas . |
13 | It took us more than an hour to make our way down those 47 double flights of metal stairs , but we were young and healthy and we enjoyed steins of lager when we finally reached a ground level bar . |
14 | It struck him as odd that the death of this unknown mongrel should , for a moment , anger him more than the killing of Lorrimer . |
15 | Seeing the first signs of salt water he was landed on by lots of flies which got into his eyes and irritated him more than the dust . |
16 | The romanticism of the period upset her more than the blood . |