Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more celebrated I became the worse I painted and the more false I felt . |
| 2 | May I make the further suggestion that when it is all over on 9 April we get the right hon. Gentleman a new job — a walk-on part in a re-run of ’ Crossroads ’ or as a substitute for Ken Barlow . |
| 3 | I mean the higher the better . |
| 4 | I mean the closer it is to the theatre the better |
| 5 | Although you will be present throughout the ceremony , I fear the later stages will find you something of a poor audience . ’ |
| 6 | I want the shorter one in that one is it ? |
| 7 | I used the smoother side of the paper as I find a definite , rough texture rather intrusive . |
| 8 | I am glad the Government have set their face against that , and I welcome the further commitment to NATO in the Gracious Speech . |
| 9 | I set the lower limit to 50bpm and willed my resting pulse to go down till the bleeper sounded , by which time I was breathing deeply and totally relaxed . |
| 10 | But as soon as I say ‘ I enjoy/like/desire ’ , even ‘ I want ’ spoken with a certain stress , something new enters ; I convey the further information that with awakening awareness I am stirred to approach , and as I approach awareness quickens . |
| 11 | I like the earlier stories better than the recent ones . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ The more publicity I get the better . |
| 13 | When I visit a city , I visit the older part of town first , as I have the greatest chance of finding good material there . |
| 14 | When I visit a city , I visit the older part of town first , as I have the greatest chance of finding good material there . |
| 15 | I spent the greater part of my first twenty-one years , sleeping in the first floor back , a room somewhat smaller than my mother and father 's . |
| 16 | Like many other pre-pubescent boys of the time , I spent the larger part of the Seventies with my shorts round my ankles , making magician 's hands ( raised above the shoulders , fingers splayed ) and shouting the incantation at a hairless and not especially elephantine willy . |
| 17 | He says I have n't got you working long longer I worked the bigger the pension I have when I go out . |
| 18 | Well I still think that well say you have a big massive thing and , and say it 'd take a hundred people mm er I suppose the bigger it is the more economical it is . |
| 19 | ‘ I suppose the older people can travel in the cab . |
| 20 | Cutting down on food , I was University missing whole meals , telling people I was training , I 'm a P E teacher so sport and the perfect body was very much up front , so the more weight I lost the better I was told I looked until it became totally out of control and I was eating an apple and black coffee a day and then vomiting so that I had nothing in me . |
| 21 | And what I , from what I gather the bigger the household that people were in the more they enjoyed it cos the jobs were shared out more . |
| 22 | Jamie must have taken a cigarette even though I knew he did n't smoke , because I saw the lighter go up , igniting in front of my eves in a shower of sparks like a fireworks display . |
| 23 | So I thought the shorter journey would be better . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought the longer it went on , the better it was looking for me . ’ |
| 25 | Looking back , I can not imagine that I understood the finer points of the contract M. Chaillot placed before me . |
| 26 | In fact , of course , I did criticise them , although out of fear of my father I took the easier route and voiced that criticism upon my mother . |
| 27 | But I notice the more I do the stronger the images become . |
| 28 | But when I toured the poorer areas of Panama City , the church congregations there were silent , sad and confused . |
| 29 | I leave the softer grades until the whole drawing is practically finished , to prevent unintentional smudging . |
| 30 | I leave the softer grades until the whole drawing is practically finished , to prevent unintentional smudging . |