Example sentences of "more [conj] [adv] [verb] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parental control , relating to restrictions and rules for behaviour , was judged to be low when supervision was so negligent that the child was left more or less to do as she pleased . |
| 2 | Definitely , yes , I would say like I 've spoke to Brian Horton on Sunday and he more or less said that it 's er Oxford United , fourth position in the league , let's hope so like you know , they are like , and I 've come here maybe to help get them in a better position . |
| 3 | Definitely yes , I would say like , I 've spoke to Brian Horton on Sunday and he more or less said that it 's er Oxford United in fourth position in the league , and let's hope so like you know . |
| 4 | I mean lunch time we were hearing how , because they stood up for what was right , it was over the killing of soldiers and that , this man job and actually he more or less said that he was something wrong with his head did n't he ? |
| 5 | ‘ He more or less said that he 'd leave the arrangements for Gray 's funeral and requiem in my hands and that , as for the press , Chapter could deal with them as they liked . |
| 6 | The conflict between Chilperic and his half-brothers began on the death of their father Chlothar I. More interestingly , Merovech 's bid for power followed his uncle 's murder ; similarly Gundovald , who had been more or less ignored when he first returned to Gaul in 582 , became a plausible candidate for the throne when Chilperic was killed . |
| 7 | ( One possible exception to this was Mexico , where the Communists were more or less tolerated until they made a misjudged and Comintern-inspired attempt to exploit an abortive right-wing coup against the portes Gil government in 1929 — see pages 39–40 . |
| 8 | ‘ He more or less admits that he fired first . ’ |
| 9 | In wild cats it then more or less disappears as they become adult , but domestic cats remain mentally like kittens even when they are fully grown , and continue to ‘ talk ’ to their human owners like kittens communicating with their mothers . |
| 10 | Other rabbits were making their way along the run and Strawberry spoke to several of them , more than once remarking that he would enjoy taking their new friends across the field . |
| 11 | He could exhibit such a stolidity in this regard that the Captain more than once suggested that he might drop down the order , ‘ to add ballast to the middle ’ . |
| 12 | They claim that this eliminates the risk of digging on to the ferret but , in my experience , it may more than occasionally require that you dig another hole . |
| 13 | What he probably is saying is that you more than likely get unless you actually . |
| 14 | As it was , she became more and more incensed as she tried to break out of his limpet-like hold , the result being that when she did manage to break free she was so outraged — just because she was a female contracts officer , the boss 's son thought he could do as he liked with her — that she verbally tore into him . |
| 15 | The fate of the cells becomes , with time , more and more restricted until it is effectively fixed . |
| 16 | But then more and more come and they all started acting flash , like they owned the place and that 's when all the trouble started . |