Example sentences of "than [pron] [verb] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But I felt less affection and respect for you when I said it then , than I do at this minute , when I ca n't honestly say it .
2 Mind you , my elder daughter takes a lot more responsibility for herself than I did at that age . ’
3 Feeling closer to him than she had at any time since her mother 's death , Rory hid her face against his shoulder .
4 Never in her life had she felt less like eating than she did at this moment .
5 But the horizon no longer has any black skies , and it looks more forgiving than it has at any point until now .
6 These days he felt happier than he had at any time in his life .
7 Bigwig was racing back across the field , looking more agitated than he had at any time since the encounter with Captain Holly .
8 A little over an hour later , Harry felt more in control of events than he had at any time since Heather 's disappearance .
9 He had always considered Sir John a portly , self-indulgent toper , but at this moment the coroner seemed more at ease , sword and dagger in his hands , fighting for his life , than he had at any time since they had met .
10 Had the house actually left the ground , he knew that he could n't have felt more strange than he did at this moment , or more afraid : there was someone here .
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