Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it struck me straight away that although the twentieth century as it marched on made us look more and more like Americans , we are Europeans , we always have been Europeans , our roots are there , our culture 's there and of course in the late twentieth century our economic needs , and the geographical links , the electronic links mean that we are there whether we like it or not . |
| 2 | Someone suggested she touch up her lipstick , but make-up only made her look more than ever like the Spitting Image puppet of Bette Midler . |
| 3 | You should worry , they obviously think I stink more than you ! |
| 4 | Yeah in the the number on the bottom is bigger but that just means you 've got to share it out between more people so do you get more or less if you share it between more people ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You could just see him getting more and more het up but if he just sort of sat down and wrote things down what he 'd got to do and do , try and do them in a set order . |
| 7 | You may not know exactly where they are , but I still think you know more than you 're telling . ’ |
| 8 | I jus ' do n't want 'er servin' more than need be , that 's all . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't want you to suffer more than I do , Heathcliff . |
| 10 | The shop was closed as the season was virtually over by now , and , although she did n't know what plan he had up his sleeve , she did n't expect him to do more than breeze in and out . |
| 11 | You do n't like me to know more than you . |
| 12 | Certainly , the multi-studio techniques used for the famous 1959 Decca Aida were meat and drink to Karajan ; and although he sometimes thought he knew more than he did , occasionally putting paid to expensive equipment , his mastery was of an order not previously seen in a working musician . |
| 13 | However , she never practised , and neither did she publish more than an ( authoritative ) article on labour law for the Encyclopaedia Britannica . |
| 14 | Why do we need more and better soul — why should it not swiftly become a fat , sweaty , obscenity , like the last lot did ? |
| 15 | At tea breaks and lunchtime I never saw him eat more than a bar of chocolate or a biscuit . |
| 16 | On the other hand we are fortunate indeed if we happen to be in a business that is so secure that it is enough for us to make effortless decisions that never require us to do more than flow along with established patterns . |