Example sentences of "[adj] than a touch of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within two years he had so firmly established himself that he was able to bring to Canada his wife and young son , Lyon , where they settled happily , first at Maberly , Ontario , then in Montreal , a home with more than a touch of aristocratic manners and style . |
| 2 | Certainly he came under such guidance from within his family which clashed with his own predilections , for his varsity life seems to have been plagued by vocational uncertainty and more than a touch of its weakening indifference . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't tell you here , ’ Bodo muttered , with more than a touch of impatience . |
| 4 | ‘ My bag ! ’ she said out loud and then , more softly but with more than a touch of anguish , ‘ Oh no , the letter ! ’ |
| 5 | Hair is shiny and sophisticated with more than a touch of class ! |
| 6 | Certainly the Springbok squad for their tour of France and England has more than a touch of the curate 's egg about it . |
| 7 | There is more than a touch of rags to riches in the story of the outsize barons . |
| 8 | Then too , Sun has more than a touch of the ‘ not invented here ’ syndrome . |
| 9 | Ebullient in character , a Nobel laureate retaining more than a touch of the New York kid , Feynman is keenly interested in teaching physics as well as creating it . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's one thing they taught you in the army , ’ said the Colonel , with more than a touch of complacency . |
| 11 | ‘ You might enjoy that kind of thing , ’ he said with more than a touch of irritation , ‘ but I have other matters to see to , more important than shifting a few papers about . ’ |
| 12 | Trying to look as dignified as she could , under the circumstances , she looked him straight in the eyes , with more than a touch of defiance . |
| 13 | ‘ Certain , ’ she returned , with more than a touch of bravado . |
| 14 | There is more than a touch of racism in your assumption . ’ |
| 15 | With more than a touch of relief , she thought he was about to go . |
| 16 | Rory grimaced , remembering with more than a touch of bitterness Candy 's original theory that Adam had tried to spoil her pleasure in singing because on stage she was public property , and he wanted her for himself . |