Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] than the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rats disturbed him more than the previous night . |
| 2 | Jessop had considerable scruples about taking the ‘ engagement ’ , or loyalty oath to the republic ; the abolition of the House of Lords seems to have upset him more than the 1649 regicide and abolition of the monarchy . |
| 3 | The shadow of Tig masked him more than the ferocious wound that had blinded his left eye and decorated his cheeks with scars . |
| 4 | His gravelly Scots voice pleased her more than the last time she met him . |
| 5 | A conducted tour of the house by the whole family , brought him at last to the top floor where his bedroom was proudly displayed , which , though huge and filled with awesome furniture of hideous elaboration , impressed him less than the meticulous care with which his soldier servant — batman was apparently a naughty word in the Guards — had unpacked his belongings and laid all essentials neatly in the right places . |
| 6 | I like it better than the other tag . ’ |
| 7 | Some think it better than the completed edifice might have been . |