Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | My chaplain begs me to say more but I sha n't satisfy him ! ] |
| 2 | It shows that about three-quarters of the male respondents replied that the tax system had no influence on their work effort , 15 per cent replied that it made them work more and 11 per cent that it made them work less . |
| 3 | Married men with children were the group most likely to reply that taxation made them work more hours . |
| 4 | They seemed happy about my victory in Germany and most of them expected me to win more races last year . ’ |
| 5 | These measures would re-connect the living standards of older people with those of society as a whole , rather than allowing them to become more and more detached . |
| 6 | The shanny and marine stickleback have five pigments in their eyes , allowing them to discern more hues than we can . |
| 7 | The University seeks to include in its courses activities which promote enterprising qualities in its students by encouraging them to take more responsibility for their own learning , setting their own goals and targets through personal assessment and career planning . |
| 8 | to enable them to have more management time , like we 're looking at trying to get them to reduce their work their case loads |
| 9 | Rising spending on consumer goods in turn allowed the industries producing them to grow more or less in line with those producing means of production . |
| 10 | I was wondering how on earth I should endure these hunting days , especially when they all came back and crowed over me about the jolly time they 'd had , and then I thought , by jove , there 's Alexandra Abbott and she does n't hunt and she made me laugh more than anyone has for years . |
| 11 | I jus ' do n't want 'er servin' more than need be , that 's all . ’ |
| 12 | They require fairly rich soil , and , after planting , all the branches will be cut back to within a few inches of ground level to encourage them to produce more branches for berry production next year . |
| 13 | he could wander rou , if only Joey had let me do more |
| 14 | In one session he blissfully sucks the cerebral nipples of his guru ; in another , he becomes restive , greedily biting into his guru 's cortex and association areas , challenging them to yield more than milk ; in a third , offering alternative views of his own , the guru 's breast seems a source of hostility ; in a fourth ( particularly in his contest with Dr Thomas Myth-of-Mental-Illness Szasz ) , his id erupts , and he threatens to tear the errant guru limb from limb . |
| 15 | Second , by pooling their financial resources , the merging companies may enjoy better creditworthiness and access to cheaper borrowing , enabling them to take more risks and finance larger research projects . |
| 16 | It also stated that ‘ 90 per cent of the respondents indicated that their experience in the programme had helped them to see more clearly the forces at work in their lives and had in fact helped them to take more control over their lives ’ . |
| 17 | Which yeah I said well there 's nobody else , I said they get on and you say I want more money but he said it 's a nightmare . |
| 18 | I started off by smoking it and then , when I injected it , I found I got more of a hit , y'know what I mean . |
| 19 | I started off by smoking it , but later when I was injectin' it , I found I got more of a hit , y'know what I mean . |
| 20 | When I started writing it , I found I had more sympathy with Frank , and he started saying more and more , and Betty merged into the background . ’ |
| 21 | D' ya know more women su suffer from multiple sclerosis than men ? |
| 22 | Has she appointed more members in the interval , or is she proposing to talk to herself ? |
| 23 | Not only has she attracted more publicity than any other naval vessel since the Mary Rose , but she was n't even entirely British . |
| 24 | D' you want more tea ? |
| 25 | Perhaps I ring up Irena and say you need more French ? |
| 26 | Jobs which involve entertaining may tempt you to drink more than you intend . |
| 27 | Impartial advice and support , and up to the minute information , can dramatically increase the value of your software , enabling you to achieve more and really reap the benefits of the investment you have made . |
| 28 | I want you to see more than the cow . |
| 29 | You want him to do more ? |
| 30 | ‘ Now I want him to have more shots on goal and get on the end of more chances . ’ |