Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] than [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Yeah , erm when I started digging up I was smaller than the fork , the fork was , yes !
2 Phyllisia faced many trials while she was growing up in Harlem , the first occurred when she was mocked by other pupils in her class , they called her ‘ Monkey chaser ’ and ‘ Teachers pet ’ because she was cleverer than the others .
3 But she was worse than a headmistress ; she was the Rector 's wife .
4 She was stronger than a roach , as strong as an ox .
5 She was deeper than the house , level with worms , all the dead things that were put into the ground .
6 She was smaller than the Andalusian by a hand , yet her grace , her power were undeniable .
7 A father who loved you was better than no father at all . ’
8 He says he had a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the operation but it was better than no odds at all .
9 It was better than a pantomime , but with one big difference .
10 It was better than a cockfight , and even better than the Battle .
11 They had made love that morning and it was better than the day before .
12 That had been a futile crusade , he knew now , but it was better than the lie Seth offered , the lie that concealed the end of all things .
13 Everyone said it was better than the Ring-o-Roses , where there was no discipline of any kind whatsoever .
14 It was better than an analgesic in her blood .
15 Yeah but it was bigger than the plate .
16 It offered no defence ; and defence was needed , for on the opposite side of the yard a wall ran right up to the house and although it was lower than the roof an agile man might easily scramble from it up on to the roof itself .
17 It was lonelier than the sea , somehow .
18 Over the same period , real wages fell by 18.5 per cent ( in 1970 it was estimated by DEPLAN , the government planning agency , that there was 25 per cent excess capacity in the economy ) , the government deficit increased rapidly until in 1973 it was greater than the revenue of the government , the rate of growth of fixed investment fell dramatically and the balance of payments was in deficit , on both currant and capital account , throughout the whole period .
19 The surplus of 38 had to be considered because it was greater than the difference , 6 , between Trimble 525 , and Robinson , 519 , and might conceivably have affected the order in which they were to be eliminated .
20 It was blacker than a coal heaver 's codpiece in a Blitz blackout .
21 It was worse than a balls-up .
22 It was worse than a mountain — it was a maze ; and how intricate its twists I soon discovered .
23 It could be measured by the width of a coach with a man walking at each side , but even so it was wider than the streets and alleys leading off from both sides of it .
24 It was cheaper than the cinema , only a few pennies , and young people could sometimes get in for nothing if they attached themselves to an adult .
25 It was taller than a man , and big enough to accommodate four or five people inside .
26 It was smaller than a man 's thumb nail and Nicholson held it between the thumb and finger of his right hand with surprising delicacy .
27 Because it was easier than a bra and panties she had donned an ivory , gossamer-light teddy .
28 ‘ I thought it would take too long to do but it was easier than the problems of printing . ’
29 It was more than a shock I put my head in my in my hand and I remember kneeling right at this spot and just crying my heart out .
30 I remember as a young woman before I , even when I was courting , a young boys was there writing little notes behind the counter trying to make dates with me you know erm er it was , oh it was more than a shop .
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