Example sentences of "n't [verb] more than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't eat more than a bird , I daresay . ’ |
| 2 | Claudia could n't eat more than a morsel of the beef Roman had ordered . |
| 3 | Whilst out selling with sales manager Anne King [ and sold £1,500 in two days ] , they had an appointment with a certain Mr Gomez who could n't speak more than a couple of words of English . |
| 4 | Do you know I 've served in the Army for thirty three years and I 've commanded every thing at every level in the infantry which both these gentlemen have been in , from a platoon right up now to a brig er brigade and I can honestly tell you that I have n't seen more than a couple of incidents of bullying in the whole of that time . |
| 5 | Should n't take more than a fortnight . |
| 6 | Should n't take more than a couple of weeks at most … |
| 7 | There are plenty of packages around for under £150 and they should n't take more than a couple of days to master . |
| 8 | This wo n't take more than a moment . ’ |
| 9 | They wo n't take more than an hour to fill in , and might be quite fun to . |
| 10 | It should n't take more than an hour to type up . |
| 11 | The poor old PCW could n't hold more than a couple of thousand . |
| 12 | Scotland could n't manage more than a tweak of the giants ' noses , but showed that there 's still such a thing as going down with honour . |
| 13 | But it did n't last more than a year . |
| 14 | ‘ But it should n't last more than a week or so . |