Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps it is all that rain which makes me want more water . |
| 2 | Ulph ( 1987 ) points out that those who earn close to the tax threshold will enjoy little or no income effect from the tax cut so that the substitution effect should dominate , causing them to work more hours . |
| 3 | They should let them buy more land and do more council building . |
| 4 | You 'll save a lot of wear and tear on your hands if you buy a stainless steel trowel , because nothing causes more blisters than using a rusty trowel . |
| 5 | Channel 5 Everyone wants more choice , and Channel 5 has been driven by technological developments . |
| 6 | When asked if he thought Essex 's capital allocation was adequate , Mr Burns replied : ‘ Nothing is ever adequate by definition — everyone wants more money . |
| 7 | He did his usual practice stint , during which I endured more jokes from the other caddies and from some of the players about my sudden fame . |
| 8 | Later on in my schooling life I made more friends but there has been a lot of falling outs , but we always make up again . |
| 9 | Well I suppose more salted meat I mean more home home butching and erm making bread I suppose or the womenfolk were likely baking every day . |
| 10 | ‘ I lose more telephone directories that way . ’ |
| 11 | Roger ( 5.1 ) : I got more hair than you , Rodney . |
| 12 | I got more letters on that than anything else in my early days . |
| 13 | I got more chance of catching a fish now cos we 're going Saturday and Sunday ! |
| 14 | erm so I mean what I did with my final year project was actually try to write something which was very sort of wide ranging and broad which sort of was like a first dr draft of an introduction and then once I got more data |
| 15 | She could say , ‘ I feel I need more notice if you ca n't make it . |
| 16 | You do not enter into any details respecting the Voyage , where you are resident etc. in fact I gleaned more information on these points from one of Gilbert 's Letters to a friend of his than from all 3 of yours — We are , however , delighted to find your expedition progressing so satisfactorily and anxiously hope it may continue to do so . ’ |
| 17 | At precisely midnight I lightly prick a lobworm onto the size 6 hook , making sure the hook is only an inch away from the tail-end of the lob , for I have found that I hook more carp when the lobs are impaled in this way . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I want more toast . |
| 20 | ‘ I want more emphasis on the fear of deterrents than the fear of crime , ’ he said . |
| 21 | I want more people — to carry on with your footballing metaphor — to join my team , to kick the ball for me . |
| 22 | Now that the good weather has arrived I feel trapped in the shop , and I want more time to enjoy other interests such as cricket and walking . |
| 23 | If I want more information , I 'll ask a supplementary . |
| 24 | ‘ I want more waterfalls and perhaps a bridge . ’ |
| 25 | I want more roast , yeah . |
| 26 | Somehow or other , working on hands and knees , I drew more branches before my little retreat . |
| 27 | Karl Hamer , Anchor Ford divisional director , with three dealerships in the midlands , says : ‘ I earn more money because Ford 's package is better than any other — and better too for the buyer . ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ We met on this show , got married , and now we 're getting divorced because I earn more money than him . |
| 29 | Yeah they go to mush and then I put more taters into it later on , about twenty minutes before I need it , but it thickens it so they 'll eat it . |
| 30 | I put more bums in beds for them than any other general manager they 've had . ’ |