Example sentences of "with more [noun sg] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ OK , ’ says I with more composure than a Confucian in a comfort station . |
| 2 | Moreover , there is no one in all Chung Kuo with more experience than the Marshal . |
| 3 | ‘ OK , ’ said I with more determination than a sybarite in a sacristy . |
| 4 | Jenny laughed with more enthusiasm than the witticism merited . |
| 5 | Beautiful scenery , fresh air and good food , a chance to live the simple life , staying in accommodation with more character than a motel and more comfort than a tent . |
| 6 | Scientists discovered the atom vibrates with more regularity than the earth turns on its axis . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't mean to , ’ said I , slipping into the first-person with more delicacy than a dog log in a dowager 's duffle bag . |
| 8 | ‘ Do it now , ’ said I , with more authority than a gymnosophist in a lesbian love-dungeon . |
| 9 | Forcing his useless legs to work he made his way to the bridge , awkwardly at first , hobbling , as if in some grotesque mimicry of his wife , then with more confidence as the blood began to flow , his muscles come alive again . |
| 10 | I walked into the bar with more finagle than a ferret in a tinker 's trouser . |
| 11 | ‘ Speak on , ’ said I with more encouragement than a Brahman temple dancer at a Brown Shirt 's bump supper . |