Example sentences of "be more [subord] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 10.10 the men have still not eaten , although by this stage they should have ‘ stood down ’ for an hour and been more than half-way through the second training session . |
| 2 | No one had ever been more than twice round the Bay in those conditions and survived . ’ |
| 3 | At the end of the last century when Impressionism was still a dirty word in England , and anyone who bought a Monet was considered as being more than half-way on the road to Bedlam , the Americans were taking to him with something of the enthusiasm which they were then displaying for the newly discovered chewing-gum . |
| 4 | She was more than halfway through the set before she managed to screw up enough courage to glance down at Adam 's table , and her heart turned to cold stone as she spotted him in his usual seat , his dark eyes staring at her with their disturbing lack of expression . |
| 5 | Sean Thompson , 52 , was more than twice over the limit when he was stopped on the way home from the station . |
| 6 | Ferguson , who was more than twice over the legal limit , pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay £25 prosecution costs . |