Example sentences of "with more [subord] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ That 's one thing they taught you in the army , ’ said the Colonel , with more than a touch of complacency . |
| 32 | ‘ You might enjoy that kind of thing , ’ he said with more than a touch of irritation , ‘ but I have other matters to see to , more important than shifting a few papers about . ’ |
| 33 | Trying to look as dignified as she could , under the circumstances , she looked him straight in the eyes , with more than a touch of defiance . |
| 34 | ‘ Certain , ’ she returned , with more than a touch of bravado . |
| 35 | With more than a touch of relief , she thought he was about to go . |
| 36 | Rory grimaced , remembering with more than a touch of bitterness Candy 's original theory that Adam had tried to spoil her pleasure in singing because on stage she was public property , and he wanted her for himself . |