Example sentences of "[vb past] be more of a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the boy had first come to the house he 'd been more of a child and had naturally been treated as a child . |
| 2 | If she 'd been more of a woman , he believed , she would have meekly accepted his word and left it at that . |
| 3 | This had been more of a thump . |
| 4 | Liu Shaoqi , for example , had been more of a moderniser like Deng , suggesting that too much emphasis on leftist policies harmed China 's future . |
| 5 | It had been more of a shock than she could have anticipated . |
| 6 | She stood back , still holding his hands and saw tears appear in the eyes of the old man who had been more of a Father to her than her own Father . |