Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] more [noun] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , so long as no one tells Phena , everything should be all right , should n't it ? ’ she asked with more hope than expectation . |
| 2 | Hair combings from her brush went at once into hiding — a small stoup , designed for Holy Water , concealed their rather sordid twirls — in accordance with the unspoken law that anything ugly should be put out of sight , which applied to more things than hair combings . |
| 3 | These were considered old-fashioned terms in a morally rudderless society , Trent thought with more sadness than bitterness . |
| 4 | He scrambled over the wall and fell with more haste than skill into the enclosed , sun-warmed garden below . |
| 5 | As the brakes came on and the flurry of activity again took in more passengers and luggage the old lady stood up and moved to the door . |
| 6 | But working naturalists were interested in the whole range of exotic species , not just big game , while the radicals pushed for more research and public access to the zoo . |
| 7 | Moreover , the depreciation debate will be ‘ dusted off ’ after years of shelf-life and revisited in more depth as depreciation becomes the major cost . |