Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] more than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I read more than the newspapers . |
| 2 | The night before his death I spent more than an hour with him and we spoke quietly of the future ; he wanted to be sure that Ray and I would look after Margaret , our step-mother , whom we had come to admire greatly for her devotion to Father . |
| 3 | Glancing back through what I have written so far , I detect more than a note of cynicism . |
| 4 | Actually , I had more than a hand in it ; I designed all of Crate 's new tube line , even though it does n't have my name on it . |
| 5 | ‘ Alex , what I need more than an apology is an explanation . ’ |
| 6 | There is surely something very odd about insisting that I need more than the fact that I love cats and hate dogs to decide which to have about the house . |
| 7 | I want you to see more than the cow . |
| 8 | You deserve more than a medal . |
| 9 | Good luck , Mr Greer , you deserve more than a medal . |
| 10 | At The American College in London you earn more than a degree — you receive an education with a career focus and individual attention from faculty who are professionals in their fields . |
| 11 | If you earn more than the LEL , you pay contributions on all earnings — a big disincentive to raising your hours , and therefore your pay , by that small amount . |
| 12 | Do not think that your horse will do better if you add more than the recommendations , the fact is that too much is more harmful than too little . |
| 13 | Urban Hype do it as well as anyone else , but you crave more than the Barney McGrew nonsense of ‘ Trip ( geddit ? ) |
| 14 | Well , I , I wan na go skiing as well , so you get more than a day trip . |
| 15 | She needed more than a non-committal grunt in answer to her outpourings . |
| 16 | So if you 've more than a mite of sense you 'll point your base somewheres else . |
| 17 | Now , after some shrewd scavving and a touch of inventive accountancy , she had more than the price of the pudding . |
| 18 | You need more than a bowl of water to solve your , to salve your conscience and to , and to be free from innocent blood . |
| 19 | Bernice thought she detected more than a suggestion of injured pride in his rigid stance . |
| 20 | We lack more than a will , and a needed oblivion ; we lack even the starting point of identity : a name . |
| 21 | The ladies of our period of whom we know more than the name were almost always ladies of exceptional character or talent , who force themselves on our notice partly at least for this reason . |
| 22 | so we know more than the characters do |
| 23 | One resident said : ‘ We could hear the music and we live more than a mile away . |
| 24 | We thought we detected more than a hint of irony in this answer , and we suspected that they were smugglers . |
| 25 | At tea breaks and lunchtime I never saw him eat more than a bar of chocolate or a biscuit . |
| 26 | A team is a small group ( 6 to 8 people is a typical size ) who co-operate together in such a way that they accomplish more than the sum total of the individuals . |
| 27 | Yes , they needed more than a word for themselves , more than a central symbol for their pride ; they needed a focus — something to restore them to themselves . |
| 28 | The time-consuming nature of Janet 's part in the process , combined with a bad back which prevents her spending more than a couple of hours at the drawing board every day , means she can not keep up with her husband 's prolific output . |
| 29 | ‘ We estimate they brought more than a kilo of heroin into France . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ So he wandered the countryside for a long time , starving and having to beg for food , and sleeping in barns and under trees , and eventually he found a little town where all the beggars and old people he 'd had thrown out of the city had gone ; they were very poor , of course , but by all helping each other they had more than the merchant had . |