Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [indef pn] [adj] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth did n't want to get drawn into all that again and besides , his tone had n't indicated anything more than a passing interest . |
| 2 | Private pilots who have never flown anything bigger than a C172 or a Warrior could without trouble convince themselves they were sitting on the flight deck of an airliner . |
| 3 | Readers may be surprised to learn that I have never owned anything larger than a 48″ × 18″ × 18″ , though at one point many years ago a 72″ × 18″ ( angle iron , with a divided front like the windscreen in very old Morris Minors ) nearly came to live with me . |
| 4 | Handsome young rascal with hands that had never lifted anything heavier than a pen by the look of them . |
| 5 | David was warming himself by a fire in the centre of the hut ; he was almost nude and had never worn anything other than a coarse blanket which was slightly tied round him to cover his back . |
| 6 | This was in the last days of Mrs Thatcher 's leadership and my daughter had never known anything other than a female PM . |