Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [det] than a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It looks more than a scratch . ’ |
| 2 | He says more than a quarter of the people at the base were American . |
| 3 | Get it out out the tap and it costs less than a penny a litre . |
| 4 | ‘ If you try to tell someone one night he went to bed in one county and woke up in another and he was no longer a Yorkshireman , he gets more than a bit upset . ’ |
| 5 | I collect my things and pack , and it takes less than a minute . |
| 6 | It takes more than a bowl of water to get rid of Jesus Christ seeking you out to follow him and to receive him . |
| 7 | It takes more than a shoestring to keep an essential component of the economy strong , say the Met , and other institutions concur . |
| 8 | Given the massive contribution made daily by dedicated staff at the DMH it seems more than a touch insensitive to expect them to dip into their own pockets for the place as well . |