Example sentences of "[pers pn] more than [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert Cecil 's total benefits from office in terms of influence and contacts probably brought him more than Sadler 's £2,600 ; but , once again , the increase was not huge when set beside the rise in prices . |
| 2 | Then he knows that they fear him more than dishonour . |
| 3 | He hinted at the unlikelihood of Jack Pertwee 's being married that day and was inwardly amused to observe that this piece of information — the fact that Carter would be deprived of his cold chicken and champagne — distressed him more than Hatton 's death . |
| 4 | No one had wanted to believe that Paula 's beauty went right through her more than Sally did for she was a shining golden idol as well as a sister and it had been a shock to Sally when she had at last been forced to concede , in private at least , that the other girls might have been right in the accusations they made . |
| 5 | Loved her more than life itself ? |
| 6 | You did the job in hand the best you could and few things irritated her more than people wasting energy bemoaning the starving millions . |
| 7 | ‘ And now I 've confided my murky past , that must make us more than acquaintances . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's affected us more than Hillsborough . ’ |