Example sentences of "[prep] i than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally I went to the Principal of the college , a sympathetic dame whose ear I have for any amount of services rendered , and told her I had decided that term must end slightly earlier for me than the others . |
| 2 | It 's probably easier for me than the other three , but then they are such good players . ’ |
| 3 | However , he looked rather bemused when Mr Bell started ad-libbing that if the Sunday Times wanted to pen a profile of the self-styled King of the Corner Shop then ‘ for God 's sake get a better picture of me than The Northern Echo is using . ’ |
| 4 | but now they 're all set up and I 'm left alone and the children , three of them , have n't got time to look after me to give me what I , what I need and especially one in the truth , that one is less getting in touch with me than the ones that told me the truth , boys ring me , twice , three times a week , Julia rings every , every night , but Ted rings twice or three times a week , three times I could go , the one |
| 5 | Of course there 's just nobody , in a war , I 'd rather have fighting alongside me than the British … |
| 6 | At the time West Ham was little more to me than a name , most directly associated with a football team that had a reputation for style and steadfast support in spite of limited success on the field . |
| 7 | Miss Evans said , ‘ You might say he 's been more like a father to me than a brother . ’ |
| 8 | He meant no more to me than a painting or a sculpture . |
| 9 | ‘ Dana sent you this enclosed in a letter to me , but before you open it I want you to know that Dana means no more to me than a rather troublesome sister-in-law-to-be . |
| 10 | ‘ Wish that I did have the courage to kiss you , querida , ’ he rasped , ‘ but I have standards and a level of decency to live up to and they are more important to me than a moment of weakness to prove that I am immune to you . ’ |
| 11 | Good idea wo n't be a bad idea mm , what I thought was the tough steak has turned out to be the , the one that 's not I cut the steaks about a bit , one was a bit fattier than the other the one that I had I thought would be dead tough , is tender it 's int it ? they look more like a sirloin steak to me than a rump , even though it went under the name of rump it looked like you can only tell the shape of it ca n't , oh God |
| 12 | as far as I 'm concerned Arthur , John 's more important to me than a bloody pair of glasses |
| 13 | Then I got my time and felt even better — the time was more important to me than the medal . |
| 14 | I could comfort myself , especially at night , by recalling the sights and scenery of Abyssinia , far more real to me than the cold bleak English downs behind the school . |
| 15 | Of course , I 'm an old lady now and sometimes , you know , the past seems more real to me than the present . " |
| 16 | Years before , Nietzsche had written : " the past is dearer to me than the present ; but I believe in a better future " . |
| 17 | Certainly colour is still of more importance to me than the picture in many cases . |
| 18 | ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ My virginity is more important to me than an hour or two of easily forgotten pleasure , ’ she broke in . |
| 20 | She was little more to me than an embodiment of kindness . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm looking forward to showing Liverpool that there 's more to me than an oily spanner . ’ |
| 22 | Certainly no impression from visits to primary schools in Africa has been borne more strongly on me than the importance of providing opportunities for the professional growth and survival of teachers in schools . |