Example sentences of "[vb past] more than a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think Father played more than a couple of games of golf thereafter and he spent the next twenty years in pursuit of trout , salmon and sea-trout ; never happier than when he was waist-deep , regardless of time of year or weather . |
| 2 | Peacock scored more than a quarter of United 's goals last season — many of them from midfield . |
| 3 | This phenomenon is even more marked in the case of the SDP/Liberal Alliance : in 1983 it achieved more than a quarter of the votes cast in the general election , yet won only 3.5% of the seats in Parliament . |
| 4 | More important , James IV lived in what J. R. Hale has described as a new age — the age when European wars became more than a matter of ‘ violent housekeeping ’ . |
| 5 | The Oxford-based charity Oxfam made more than a quarter of a million pounds last year from second-hand and home-made toys . |
| 6 | Some 16 per cent of trees lost more than a quarter of their leaves or needles last year , although Swiss forests are better off than their German neighbours , where the figure was 27 per cent [ see ED 65/66 ] . |
| 7 | With the engines as well , this train covered more than a quarter of a mile standing still . |
| 8 | Yes , they needed more than a word for themselves , more than a central symbol for their pride ; they needed a focus — something to restore them to themselves . |
| 9 | Zambia achieved political independence without a prolonged conflict , but in Zimbabwe it took more than a decade of military and political struggle to overthrow white minority rule . |
| 10 | Branson 's standing joke that ‘ I believe in benevolent dictatorships — provided I 'm the dictator ’ contained more than a germ of truth . |
| 11 | Three people have been charged with handling stolen goods after police seized more than a quarter of million pounds worth of luxury cars hidden in farm buildings . |
| 12 | On the foreign exchanges , the mark fell more than a pfennig against the dollar and dropped against the currencies of West Germany 's partners in the EMS exchange-rate mechanism . |
| 13 | Typically , he will cite the film All the President 's Men as one of liberal Hollywood 's morale-sapping strikes at US institutions without ever noticing that Richard Milhous Nixon managed more than a bit of subverting on his own account . |
| 14 | I fancied he looked more than a bit like Yves Montand , and told my friend so — long distance from Manchester . |
| 15 | ‘ We estimate they brought more than a kilo of heroin into France . ’ |
| 16 | They hardly spoke more than a couple of words in six months . |
| 17 | The year has been good for programme sales , particularly overseas where sales increased more than a half to £18.8m . |
| 18 | Wytch Farm proved more than a match for Savills , the property services and estate management consultants to BPX , during a friendly game of cricket in August . |
| 19 | Fired by religious fervour and armed with weapons supplied by the United States and their Muslim neighbour Pakistan , the rebels resisted doggedly and fought a war in which their superior mobility and unconventional guerrilla tactics proved more than a match for the Soviet military machine . |
| 20 | Mrs Hughes , who waited more than a century for some of the most exciting times of her life , passed away peacefully in her sleep at the St David 's Nursing Home , Redcar , Cleveland . |
| 21 | Neither side had more than a couple of scoring chances in the first half , and Ecchinswell took advantage of the first of these , breaking through after dispossessing Martin Whiddett on the sideline and finding a vast opening in the Alton defence . |
| 22 | ‘ We rarely had more than a couple of deliveries a day — we did n't have the space . |
| 23 | Much of James 's statement had more than a modicum of truth . |
| 24 | Their winner , an own goal from Nick Henry in the 13th minute , had more than a shade of good fortune about it . |
| 25 | Actually , I had more than a hand in it ; I designed all of Crate 's new tube line , even though it does n't have my name on it . |
| 26 | At home he rarely had more than a piece of toast and marmalade for breakfast , but when he was away he ate the whole cooked breakfast . |
| 27 | These first three Muftis of the capital , as well as their immediate successors , never had more than a priority of rank over those of the provinces . " |
| 28 | Valerie Moore is unable to understand how her eight-year-old son Lee strayed more than a mile from her home in Princes Road , Ellesmere Port , where he met his death on his brother 's bike . |
| 29 | Bernice thought she detected more than a suggestion of injured pride in his rigid stance . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's the TARDIS , ’ Ace replied , with a smile in which Defries detected more than a hint of malicious enjoyment of her audience 's incomprehension . |