Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] much more " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I very soon found that I was much more like the companionable dog ! |
| 2 | I was much more at peace with myself and more accepting of the way that I looked . |
| 3 | The fact was that he was soured by a murder case with no body , by family enmity amounting to hatred , by a surfeit of gossip and a veneer of superstition which was much more than half pretence . |
| 4 | Dunlop 's surplus was therefore distributed and nearly all of it went to Morrison to put him 819 above McLachlan which was much more than the undistributed surplus of Lindsay . |
| 5 | She was much more fun after a few drinks , gently mocking her dedication to saving this planet . |
| 6 | She had a sister who was much more understanding . |
| 7 | Aggressively inclined courtiers like Prince Menshikov ( who was much more militant as a diplomat and as Navy Minister than as Governor of Finland ) were beginning to press for pre-emptive action . |
| 8 | Simon Johnson , whose highest first-class score had been 20 , romped to a maiden half-century which included nine fours and a six before blithely giving up his wicket in the belief that , if there was much more of this , Briers would surely bring back the brisk and uncharitable Millns and Parsons . |
| 9 | There was much more movement amongst the people . |
| 10 | You see , I think there was much more to it than just the fact that they were childless . ’ |
| 11 | The second series really went off the boil because there was much more emphasis on the woman lawyer . |
| 12 | ‘ But in truth there was much more at the back of it all , including the whole story of what happened this summer between Kee and me . ’ |
| 13 | From watching Isobel and her husband he had discovered that there was much more to sex than just taking a girl to bed or being uneasily married to a frigid , grasping woman . |
| 14 | Many of these ingredients were indeed present , but as the months passed I became increasingly aware that there was much more than just science at work here . |
| 15 | Out of school , of course , I continued my birdwatching just as I had done back in Essex , only now there was much more variety . |
| 16 | In the main subway itself , a few more yards on , there was much more light , as there were lamps hanging from hooks on the walls as well as lining the floor . |
| 17 | Not a footballer — for which there was much more evidence — nor a scholar unfortunately lapsed — for which , judging from his reading alone , there was also much evidence of promise at least . |
| 18 | In such contests everyone concerned was fully aware that there was much more at stake than an annual office . |
| 19 | It was all on a scale much more appropriate for children than the high vaulting of his previous school and there was much more play equipment . |
| 20 | sought to prevent communication , but in fact was purely because the news was always the same and there was much more identity of message coming from the top . |
| 21 | There was much more in the same vein . |
| 22 | There was much more of this kind of thinking in Baden-Powell 's writings where he sometimes committed himself to outrageously libertarian positions on questions of education and authority , although these were perfectly in line with the emerging contours of ‘ progressive ’ educational philosophy . |
| 23 | There was much more in the same vein . |
| 24 | No , there was much more to it than that , and it was the much more that was now making her heart constrict . |
| 25 | It would draw the water in but since there was much more more hay on in the inside , than the out , it er er it curved and then it would n't er erm absorb any water at all . |
| 26 | There was much more of the same but it was not long before she found what she was looking for . |
| 27 | ( g ) Skipp is to be treated as a case where " there was much more than the mere consent of the owner . |
| 28 | ‘ I think there was much more of a sense of rivalry between them , ’ he told me . |
| 29 | There was much more teamwork between nurses and doctors than normally takes place in hospitals . |
| 30 | Jamaicans felt it was much more than that . |