Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have put people through a lot of training , ’ added Anthony , ‘ and will be putting them through more training , aimed at changing attitudes and leading people , whatever function they are in , to ask more frequently . |
| 2 | They asked me for more money . |
| 3 | I mean , we want someone with more experience . ’ |
| 4 | Someone with more experience of the rough and tumble of friendships , jealousies and animosities might have been able to dismiss Deana 's words as the unmotivated expressions of bitterness and jealousy that they were , but Belinda was inexperienced , and although she knew enough about Deana to be wary and distrustful she did not know enough to ignore her as fully as she should . |
| 5 | A dedicated cook with a demanding job outside the home will probably need their kitchen to be that much more functional than someone with more leisure to shop — at least in the sense of providing good storage and extra quick cooking facilities , such as microwave oven and a freezer . |
| 6 | Tears from the woman , which with more understanding could create a bridge between the two positions , more often intensify the barriers . |
| 7 | Harvey , who had the reputation of a coureur , would run himself into more trouble if he were not careful . |
| 8 | By living with ‘ the woman ’ he was undeniably saddling himself with more expense , but consider the gains , he implored . |
| 9 | In France , Bernard found himself with more time than he had ever been used to in his working life ; after his hour-long morning telephone call to John James the day stretched ahead . |
| 10 | He had already committed himself to more work than he could handle because he was inexperienced at making deals and having to turn down work . |
| 11 | He left the sentence hanging as he helped himself to more rum . |
| 12 | RIDS ITSELF OF MORE DEBT , POSTS PROFITS |
| 13 | But even if the relative lack of profitable investment opportunities goes some way to explaining the poor investment rate , then if US business had felt itself under more pressure , it might have made greater efforts to improve technology . |
| 14 | Chores will be taken care of in record time today , leaving you with more time to relax and ponder your future . |
| 15 | At supper there is more likely to be a simple salad than a roast on the menu , which has the advantage of leaving you with more room to do proper justice to the pudding . |
| 16 | I have included your name on my mailing list for EFL software , and will write to you with more information as soon as I am able . |
| 17 | ‘ Getting you into more trouble . |
| 18 | Erm , now we , we can explain to you in more detail , but the finan I think Mr 's already said to you that the financial savings er , from such moves are not as productive as they were , so in sense we 're driven by strategy here , we 're driven by the fact that there is a private and there is an independent sector that is there , there is alternative methods of supply . |
| 19 | Erm , and if if I can just , we will Treasurer and ourselves , be reporting to you in more detail on this , in the appropriate areas , but suffice it to say , that the government are accepting the need for further investigation on some of these issues , to look at some of them in the light of the national B U D report , on superannuation and pension arrangements generally , have nevertheless agreed that individual authorities ought to have some more discretion , and the compensation regulations that I mentioned earlier , is one example of that . |
| 20 | oh why , she get you in more trouble or something ? |
| 21 | There were a lot of people older than me with more experience of life . |
| 22 | Maybe they 'll elope to Gretna Green if they ca n't find a vacant Martello tower , then it will leave me with more time for my Roman friend and dear Boudicca not to mention Dorothy Wordsworth 's Journals of which I have perused the first paragraph six times yet can not seem to recall it to mind . |
| 23 | ‘ I intend to make something of meself , so I 'd be obliged if you 'd treat me with more respect . ’ |
| 24 | Even Purvis treated me with more respect as I sauntered out . |
| 25 | Auditioning makes me very nervous but sight reading — maybe because I 'm better at it — inspires me with more confidence . |
| 26 | Since then I have done something I should have done in the first place : found a gap in the rushes only ten yards downstream where I can heave into the fish without pulling them into more weed . |
| 27 | The foregoing considerations will , I hope , have been enough to show that , from the psychological point of view , it is no paradox that the political and social revolutions of modern times which have opposed traditional ( i. e. , paternal ) authorities and replaced them with more egalitarian ( i.e. , fraternal ) structures have also brought into being a massively enhanced state apparatus to feed the appetite for welfare provisions . |
| 28 | Another species , however , has only about twenty young but provides them with more yolk each and they remain within the sac until they become froglets . |
| 29 | Cover them with more compost and water lightly . |
| 30 | Nottinghamshire , who won the Sunday league last year , will be hoping for something with more prestige this time and with Chris Lewis and Chris Cairns augmenting an already talented staff , they will be the team to beat . |