Example sentences of "[det] [subord] [indef pn] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | More than anything else in the world , he wanted to see that muscular hairy body hanging from a bloody meat-hook in the cellar among the turkey carcasses and slaughtered pigs . |
2 | If others point out to me that I always shirk opportunities to get something which I earnestly insist that I desire more than anything else in the world , I shall be persuaded to relinquish it as an end only if on reflection I am forced to admit to myself that I do not feel about it as strongly as I supposed . |
3 | I want to be yours more than anything else in the world , and it 's not too late . |
4 | The gentle-hearted David was shocked by the cold vehemence between these two people whom he loved more than anything else in the whole world . |
5 | More than anything else in the world she wanted him to touch her again , but already some of the unadulterated pleasure was slipping away and the doubts were beginning to reassert themselves . |
6 | But there was one man to talk to in Israel who knew more than anyone else about the land of Palestine . |
7 | Karl Kraus ‘ whom I venerated more than anyone else in the world , without whose wrath and zeal I would n't have cared to live , whom I had never dared to approach . ’ |
8 | I love him more than anyone else in the world , more than myself ! ’ |
9 | As I said in answer to an earlier question , over recent years we have agreed 19 directives on the social dimension — more than anyone else in the Community — and we have implemented them . |
10 | And they are treated exactly the same as anybody else on the Tour . |
11 | It 's got one vote , the same as anybody else on the floor . |