Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] more than [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did more than any citizen could reasonably be expected to do . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He may with good reason be regarded as the first of that long line of professional civil servants who did more than any others to make and destroy the medieval Church : they were professional administrators , equipped to forward the interests of government not by main force but by negotiation amidst the intricate issues of law and theology ; men of international standing , retaining the respect of their opponents , and not too hatefully or too personally involved in the cause which they were required to maintain . |
| 4 | ‘ You had more than enough time , Richard , ’ she said drily . |
| 5 | I said that I just happened to have my travelling rod with me … though it hardly mattered as they had more than enough gear . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The tragedy is that he did n't need any ; he had more than enough kudos of his own from his motor racing , ’ she said sadly , ‘ but that 's the way he thought . ’ |