Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was easy enough to demand racial equality , fair distribution of the wealth of the world , or equal rights for women : none of those would happen tomorrow , and none of them involved more than the most superficial cosmetic surgery to make yourself credible . |
| 2 | ‘ I found more than we bargained for — including that policewoman Hampton . ’ |
| 3 | Another time I noticed more than I meant |
| 4 | " Then if I paid more than just our fares . " |
| 5 | Karl Kraus ‘ whom I venerated more than anyone else in the world , without whose wrath and zeal I would n't have cared to live , whom I had never dared to approach . ’ |
| 6 | The night before his death I spent more than an hour with him and we spoke quietly of the future ; he wanted to be sure that Ray and I would look after Margaret , our step-mother , whom we had come to admire greatly for her devotion to Father . |
| 7 | How would you feel if someone flew more than halfway around the world to say to you , ‘ I am at a loss . |
| 8 | I felt more than just the centre of attention , although that feeling is always present . |
| 9 | Whatever the truth of the matter might be , I felt more than justified in assuming that , by the same time tomorrow , I would be able to both see and smell — above all , smell — a real change in the relics . |
| 10 | Since on the morning of Polling Day The Times had forecast a majority of twenty-two I felt more than satisfied- but it was impossible not to feel , with all the excitement and gratification , a sense of humility and even awe . |
| 11 | I had made a start in Burmese at the School of Oriental Languages in London , going up from Stepney for a weekly lesson , so I could read haltingly and use a score or more greetings and questions , which deceived the kindly village people into thinking that I knew more than I did , with the result that an opening sentence of mine would elicit a whole string of Burmese from which I would only pick up a word or two . |
| 12 | I feared more than those |
| 13 | I really enjoyed having a tutor and I learned more than if I 'd been at school . |
| 14 | ‘ I did more than any citizen could reasonably be expected to do . |
| 15 | Dad and I clashed more than I 'd like to think about . |
| 16 | For two weeks afterwards I cried more than I had done in my whole life . |
| 17 | ‘ I said more than I meant to , ’ he said . |
| 18 | I had more than a casual interest in politics . |
| 19 | Actually , I had more than a hand in it ; I designed all of Crate 's new tube line , even though it does n't have my name on it . |
| 20 | In Joffre 's own words , that night ‘ I wished more than at any time of my life that I had the gift of omnipresence . ’ |
| 21 | As a result , I drank more than was sensible in my condition : like a lot of women , I always felt more unwell during the first three months of pregnancy than afterwards , and alcohol went to my head very quickly . |
| 22 | I was angry enough that night to rape you , but I was also very deeply in love , and I wanted more than anything else to make love to you . |
| 23 | The fact that Lewis did is not a sign that he was illogical , merely that he was caught up in a spiritual drama which involved more than ‘ paper logic ’ . |
| 24 | Up front , United were never a force ; coming up one of their best efforts , which deserved more than it got . |
| 25 | It was only police vigilance which prevented more than the four casualties . |
| 26 | Nobody suffered more than Hignett — looking more and more a Premier League thoroughbred , despite only six games in the top flight following his £500,000 transfer last month . |
| 27 | We obtain a national picture of crime and people 's attitudes towards it from the three BCS , but for their critics these surveys have emphasised this national picture at the expense of the inner cities , which suffered more than their fair share of crime . |
| 28 | Although this merger initially appeared as a shrewd means of transforming a minority government into a government which commanded more than two-thirds of the seats in the legislature , it also produced a considerable level of public disquiet over its legitimacy . |
| 29 | This Act introduced a new block grant in England and Wales and included a formula which penalized councils which spent more than a previously determined limit . |
| 30 | The last few miles to Ealing were covered in a jerking crawl which took more than an hour , and daylight was breaking down into darkness as Alison gave directions through the maze of streets and parked cars away from the main shopping area . |