Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The next day I got all my guns ready and I put more wood and young trees around my house . |
| 32 | I affected more fear than I felt . |
| 33 | GUIL : Good God , I hope more tears are shed for us ! … |
| 34 | ‘ Ten years , ’ he said , ‘ ten years I 've had on this milk run , see , and I seen more accidents than I 've had Sunday dinners . |
| 35 | I receive more complaints from retired people about standing charges than anything else . |
| 36 | Can I feel more pressure on the outside or the inside of my feet ? |
| 37 | please , cos I appreciate more manuscript paper . |
| 38 | I fetched more glasses and dealt some of them to the Lorrimores who were an oasis of silence in the chattering mob and paid me absolutely no attention : and from then on I felt I had indeed chosen the right role and could sustain it indefinitely . |
| 39 | Got I to grow more carrots . |
| 40 | There does not seem to be this intense aggression in my aquarium , obviously the size of the tank does give quite a lot of room for manoeuvre , but as I said earlier , as I add more Emperors , a close watch will have to be kept on them . |
| 41 | I poured more brandy . |
| 42 | I pass more schoolchildren . |
| 43 | I know more songs than you . |
| 44 | I like more richness — as in Manservant and Maidservant . |
| 45 | ‘ 'Sides , I like more flesh on my women . |
| 46 | ‘ Yes , ’ replied Burton , ‘ but I get more money . ’ |
| 47 | I get more work because they say I am good . |
| 48 | I 'll get better at this as I get more practice . |
| 49 | Let me give you one or two specific examples , I 'm always interested , having been in a college for thirty five years in adult education , I 'm interested in the primary schools and I must admit I get more job satisfaction the moment we go in a primary schools than ever I had when I was in the college itself ! |
| 50 | In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’ |
| 51 | I find I get more value for my money though , cos it lasts me longer . |
| 52 | ‘ It 's much less musical influences with me , ’ explains singer/guitarist Jock , ‘ I get more images from films and books . |
| 53 | I swotted more bluebottles than anyone else ! ’ |
| 54 | I signed more pieces of paper and went downstairs to join the queue outside the clothing store . |
| 55 | It may have disappointed the fearless patriot , Mickey Spillane , who wrote these lines for his detective , Mike Hammer , in One Lonely Night ( 1951 — sales three million ) : ‘ I killed more people tonight than I have fingers on my hands . |
| 56 | I ordered more stock . |
| 57 | I spent more money in Glasgow airport waiting for the plane … ’ |
| 58 | I heard more money being put in . |
| 59 | As I heard more stories about the measuring rod , not just from Alec but from other boys as well , I began to realise that it would be as big a problem for me as it always was for Alec . |
| 60 | I heard more shootin' right after that , so I reckon it jes ' ain' bin their night . ’ |