Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] more than [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did more than any citizen could reasonably be expected to do . |
| 2 | ‘ I have more than enough courage for both of us , cara . |
| 3 | Thus was made an archbishop who did more than any Archbishop of Canterbury since Stephen Langton of Magna Carta to make the Church more free in its relation to the State . |
| 4 | ‘ You had more than enough time , Richard , ’ she said drily . |
| 5 | SCREEN goddess Liz Taylor is furious that she is to be portrayed by Raquel Welch , the star she dislikes more than any other , in a film . |
| 6 | Colleagues who one year lecture you at the Star Chamber on how you have more than enough money turn up the next asking for extra themselves . |
| 7 | Do n't fly over it unless you have more than enough height to allow you to reposition yourself well to the side again . |
| 8 | But here the descriptions play an important role , and serious students would do well to read them carefully ; for not only do they tell more than any photograph ever can , including technical details of construction , but , when studied with the photographs , or in front of the objects themselves , they are invaluable in helping to focus on the many significant details which might otherwise go unnoticed . |
| 9 | I said that I just happened to have my travelling rod with me … though it hardly mattered as they had more than enough gear . |
| 10 | And , lassitude apart , he had more than enough sense to see that after the triumph of the Abdication , with the memory of the vicissitudes of the previous year so fresh in his mind , a calm movement away from the gaming tables and towards the chip-cashing caisse was obviously prudent . |
| 11 | It is not our wish to profit from such assignment , and in the unlikely event of our recovering more than such compensation and costs , any excess will be paid to the injured clients . |