Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the face of growing crisis , Gorbachev tried to get more and more power transferred to himself in order to rule by decree . |
| 2 | The United States began to buy more consumer goods from abroad than it exported in 1959 ; by 1969 the deficit was $4 billion ; in 1968 the balance on cars became negative . |
| 3 | Stalin 's KGB managed to process more people through his concentration camps than the Inquisition managed through their courts . |
| 4 | Venetian Romanesque architecture was dominated by the city 's eastern contacts and Byzantium continued to have more influence than Lombardy or Pisa . |
| 5 | By the end of 1976 , Demis Roussos had sold more records in Britain than any other solo artist , including David Bowie and Elton John . |
| 6 | But Derek Jefferson wanted to know more and asked how Froggy was killed . |
| 7 | Today , Rennie admitted making more threats to Mr Loren in a park in Cheltenham . |
| 8 | With every horror — the Poison Feast of 1907 being one of the most infamous — Castle Drachenfels seemed to draw more vileness unto itself . |
| 9 | However , Nigel enjoyed whingeing more than lying . |
| 10 | Although Wordsworth had produced more poems than Coleridge for their joint volume , Lyrical Ballads , honour was satisfied by giving the long Ancient Mariner — or Ancyent Marinere as it was originally spelt — pride of place . |
| 11 | I thought erm Mick had spoken more about it , doing all her kitchen and everything than ever he 'd |
| 12 | Undoubtedly British official statistics would have advanced more rapidly , particularly in the use of sampling techniques , if Bowley had had more to do with them . " |
| 13 | Eva wanted to do more of this ; she discussed furnishings and house decoration with the better-off ones — they were always buying new places in the country , these people , and she knew how to make herself useful . |
| 14 | Soon Endill got to know more of the library . |
| 15 | Mr Browne said recovering more oil from proven fields could be one of the most efficient ways of keeping the North Sea in business . |
| 16 | Dolly had to stifle more hysteria . |
| 17 | Will began to spend more time in Stratford , because it was quiet there , and he could do his writing . |
| 18 | Over the course of several months , Maria began to show more interest in food . |
| 19 | After the break Walden began to win more ball , which they ran with great vigour , and were unlucky not to score on a couple of occasions . |
| 20 | Ryan had come along just a few weeks after they took the braces off her teeth and the tits started to look like something ; in those few weeks Jo had had more attention from boys than she could handle . |
| 21 | Hortensia paused to cram more crisps into her mouth . |
| 22 | A mirthless chuckle was Cornelius 's admission that Harry had displayed more subtlety than expected . |
| 23 | Claudia had wanted more fittings and Dana had promised that she would fit them in , but time passed and the dress still hung , swathed in its wrappings , awaiting her pleasure . |
| 24 | With a sense of shock Harriet realised that in the last hours Paula had become more of a stranger to her than she had ever been during the twenty years she had believed her dead . |
| 25 | Marrying him was one thing ; loving him and defying her family and Father Dowd had taken more courage and determination than she knew was in her . |
| 26 | Jay wanted to know more of this husband , wonder boy 's father , Lucy 's one-time lover . |
| 27 | The US agreed to sell more grain to the relatively grainless USSR . |
| 28 | Juron made to squeeze more water into the Lieutenant 's mouth , but the Marine shook his head . |
| 29 | France agreed to pay more than half the cost of the programme provided that it was entrusted with its production and provided , also , that the rocket remain geared to the commercial needs of the 1980s and early 1990s . |
| 30 | But the quiet , efficient and unflappable Brett managed to instil more patience into his charge . |