Example sentences of "[pers pn] have more [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I have more freedom now . |
2 | I have more say than the people I look out on , nomads , tide-people . |
3 | Why simply that ‘ as an accomplished individual you have more stringent and exacting expectations ’ ( a banker 's way of saying he hopes I have more money than brains ) . |
4 | But I have more chance of improving that than knocking 10 years off Gregory or adding speed to Fox . |
5 | I think I have more chance of breaking into the England squad . |
6 | But I have more friends who are willing to admit publicly that they know me ! |
7 | America 's a nice place to live ; I have more friends over there than I do here and basically , as far as I 'm concerned , nations do not exist ; they are a place where you have friends , that 's all . |
8 | A bookmark showed the page : ‘ J'ai plus de souvenirs que si j'avais mille ans ’ — ‘ I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old . ’ |
9 | ‘ Oh , we had a quarrel , but I have more sense than to seek a confrontation . |
10 | £1 BUT … to holders of the leaflet distributed on Q.T. Day , there is a 50p discount ( two are enclosed now ) I have more leaflets if anyone wants them . |
11 | I have more days off than you have . |
12 | I have more power than you . ’ |
13 | ‘ As it happens , ’ says John , ‘ I have more respect for men like Galbraith who are at least prepared to speak their minds , than for those who smiled in my presence but protested I was ‘ not a local man ’ . ’ |
14 | I have more respect for her than ever and feel a great sadness that she could only explore these things once the marriage was over . |
15 | I have more reason than most to do that , having been shot 10 times by the IRA . |
16 | I have more confidence and feel good in clothes again . |
17 | ‘ I have more bodies for you to see , ’ the man murmur d |
18 | Probably this curiosity will be quite superficial , he thought to himself , as it is in me until I have more time to spend on it . |
19 | I have more pleasure out of my little dog than I have anything . |
20 | ‘ I have more energy and I 'm thinking clearer . |
21 | Although if you are redundant or long-term unemployed you feel you have heard all of this before , the truth is that if you manage to keep alive some enthusiasm and initiative you have more chance of getting an interview than if you do not . |
22 | YOU have more chance of seeing Haley 's Comet than watching Bangor in the Irish Cup final . |
23 | If your children have left home and you have more space than you need , you could consider taking in lodgers , either as paying guests or , if your property lends itself to the creation of a separate flatlet , in a tenancy capacity . |
24 | If you have more space , you could create a series of pools with the water falling from one to another until it reaches the lowest in a continual cycle . |
25 | As a result women themselves might well come to believe ( incorrectly ) that ‘ it is written in the Guru Nanak 's Granth Sahib ( the holy book of the Sikhs ) that if you have bad Karma you have more girls than boys ’ . |
26 | And I erm suppose the houses they 're sold a bit further down , you have more flats . |
27 | Er girls were never included as horses as I remember it , but nowadays there are of course , which means that you have more boys available to be ploughmen and this perhaps helps the numbers . |
28 | ‘ You have more questions ? ’ |
29 | ‘ My Lord Coroner , you have more questions ? ’ |
30 | But you will find you have more contact with people from Compact companies , who will be providing information and resources to help you to do well in your exams . |