Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh aye aye er there was always that in the back of their mind that the the more rivets they put in per day , although it meant more money at the end of the week possibly , er it also meant that the the boat was therefore progressing or the ship was progressing that quick , that they were getting nearer the gate as the the saying went . |
| 2 | The programme carried a myriad of possibilities — although it promised more than it delivered on more than one occasion . |
| 3 | It 's grown on a , a north facing wall so bit , bit more now I think if it got more sun . |
| 4 | What if it offered more than Medau ? |
| 5 | However , our test formula shows that , given an equal number of constituency and of list seats , a party with an average of only 31.2% of the constituency vote and the same percentage of the list vote ( y ) would not have even one excess seat unless it won more than 62.4% ( x ) of the constituency seats . |
| 6 | Using the Temple as a short cut was also forbidden by Jewish Law and yet the priests turned a blind eye to it because it brought more trade into the Temple . |
| 7 | Nor did he know whether the fridge had been manufactured to last or to become obsolescent quickly ; nor whether it consumed more or less electricity to run than other models ; nor whether , when it was defunct , its parts could or would be recycled . |
| 8 | I could see it running in her until it overflowed , and as fast as it ran more grief took its place until the lane and the streams ran with grief and all the valley was the colour of grief . |
| 9 | It might be that if a bird tried to defend too large a territory the amount of energy it would gain from its territorial habit would actually decrease , as it spent more energy on extra defence than it gained from extra food supplies . |
| 10 | Between four and six episodes was Verity Lambert 's ideal length for a story , preferring the latter as it gave more opportunity for character development which , in her belief , audiences appreciated . |