Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] more than [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know no man since the apostles ’ days , ’ wrote Baxter , ‘ whom I honour more than Calvin , and whose judgment in all things , one with another , I more esteem and come nearer to . ’ |
| 2 | But I see more than Rainbow does : I see something else coming over the wall . |
| 3 | Nobody suffered more than Hignett — looking more and more a Premier League thoroughbred , despite only six games in the top flight following his £500,000 transfer last month . |
| 4 | Money Smith is ideal for those who want more than cheque book program but who do n't want to foot the bill for a multi-module accounting system . |
| 5 | So if you wanted to look for example , at hesitations , and try to do an analysis of where he had hesitated and why he hesitated , who hesitates more than others . |
| 6 | But I think , ’ he said , turning to Marian , ‘ that you know more than I. ’ |
| 7 | Hari smiled , she knew more than Emily , she knew where Craig was , and she was learning all about him , how kind he was and what a real gent he could be . |
| 8 | Yeah , er well if they 're not too careful she 'll of grown up before they realize it , oh she goes on at you oh , like an old woman , she knows everything , she knows more than Judith about what 's going on |
| 9 | After a while the chairman added , ‘ Surely we do more than deal with absconding ? |
| 10 | Like the children I had completely suspended my disbelief : nothing mattered more than Mr Knightley 's decision about the future of the the threatened piece of land . |
| 11 | The shop was closed as the season was virtually over by now , and , although she did n't know what plan he had up his sleeve , she did n't expect him to do more than breeze in and out . |
| 12 | Jess uncurled slightly and hooked an arm round the leg , hugging it to her side , scarcely enough breath left in her to do more than murmur : |
| 13 | Dmitrii Zamiatnin , the deputy Minister of Justice , and Sergei Zarudnyi , Bludov 's assistant at the Second Department , were juridical radicals , but although they registered a few successes in their quest for change ( notably the foundation of the enlightened Journal of the Ministry of Justice in 1859 ) , they needed more than idealism to convert their superiors . |
| 14 | Thus … in reply to being asked if they worried more than others , they would answer , ‘ How can I know how much others worry ? ’ ’ |
| 15 | They did more than justice to the varying moods of Prokofiev 's Romeo and Juliet Suite No 2 , although there were odd moments when the orchestra were not precisely together , notably at the start of The Young Juliet section . |
| 16 | erm What I 've I 've had a look at their team on paper , and erm they 're not strong enough and erm you know , they need more than Marvin at the moment ; they need two or three good blokes , they 're a bit too sort of erm balanced really , you know , they have n't got any big fire power , so erm you know , I think they 're in a bit of a spot down there , even though they probably think they 're not . |
| 17 | No one farmer could possibly be qualified to advise on all the options , nor could he do more than skate over them in one volume . |
| 18 | Does it show more than intertextuality |
| 19 | It gained terrific publicity , but it takes more than column inches to sell records , and I am sure that Elvis 's continuing success has more to do with talent . |
| 20 | It takes more than design flair and understanding to produce a leisure complex . |
| 21 | ‘ Coppers , aye , but it takes more than coppers to cart them there ; they wo n't come and pick 'em up . ’ |
| 22 | What if it offered more than Medau ? |
| 23 | She had dared to hope he felt more than desire , but that he loved her … |
| 24 | They g they had to be weighed last week and he weighs more than Jonathan . |
| 25 | He weighs more than Joe Frazier but in these days of the super tanker heavyweights like Bowe and Lennox Lewis , he 's lacking in competitive firepower , even if his heart is totally disproportionate to his size . |
| 26 | Charlemagne was lucky in that his only brother , four years younger than himself , died in 771 after a short period of increasingly fraught joint-rule ; but it took more than luck to remove that brother 's sons — they , and their mother , disappeared when their uncle defeated and imprisoned their protector , the Lombard king . |
| 27 | The Prime Minister gave his go-ahead at a meeting with the Chancellor , Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo , Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley and Employment Minister Michael Forsyth , after being told that doctors , especially in inner city areas , sign people on for the benefit because it pays more than dole money . |
| 28 | The Prime Minister gave his go-ahead at a meeting with the Chancellor , Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo , Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley and Employment Minister Michael Forsyth , after being told that doctors , especially in inner city areas , sign people on for the benefit because it pays more than dole money . |
| 29 | But the shaper is more than a surgeon or scientist or sculptor : he does more than repair or re-form : he energizes inert matter , turning a slab of foam into a fibreglass dolphin . |
| 30 | Hardly any part of it stood more than waist high now , much was covered in grass or blackthorn bushes , and it could never have been more than a chapel anyway . |