Example sentences of "have [verb] more for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Anglo-American lati relationship has done more for the defence and future of freedom than any other alliance in the world . |
| 2 | He walked barefoot to three shrines , and he returned shriven , and has done more for the church than any King of Alba before him . |
| 3 | The extreme poverty of the whole concern is pathetic , and I wished I 'd paid more for the things I bought so as to make life easier for these tanners who look just about ready to give up . |
| 4 | No mother could ever have done more for the girl . |
| 5 | No one can have done more for the historian studying Islay than Mrs Lucy Ramsay who had " The Book of Islay " and " The Stent Book & Acts of the Bailliary of Islay " prepared for publication Two hundred and fifty copies of each were printed privately , about fifty were presented to friends and libraries and the remainder lost in a fire at a warehouse in Glasgow . |
| 6 | No one can have done more for the historian studying Islay than Mrs Lucy Ramsay who had " The Book of Islay " and " The Stent Book & Acts of the Bailliary of Islay " prepared for publication Two hundred and fifty copies of each were printed privately , about fifty were presented to friends and libraries and the remainder lost in a fire at a warehouse in Glasgow . |
| 7 | Green continues : ‘ Strangers have done more for the beauty of Grasmere by their forbearance in felling native trees than injury by the introduction of exotics . ’ |
| 8 | If people think that the exchange rate will fall further , importers will buy now before the rate does fall and they have to pay more for the imports . |