Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] more [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did his usual practice stint , during which I endured more jokes from the other caddies and from some of the players about my sudden fame . |
| 2 | I got more letters on that than anything else in my early days . |
| 3 | I got more chance of catching a fish now cos we 're going Saturday and Sunday ! |
| 4 | You do not enter into any details respecting the Voyage , where you are resident etc. in fact I gleaned more information on these points from one of Gilbert 's Letters to a friend of his than from all 3 of yours — We are , however , delighted to find your expedition progressing so satisfactorily and anxiously hope it may continue to do so . ’ |
| 5 | Somehow or other , working on hands and knees , I drew more branches before my little retreat . |
| 6 | I signed more pieces of paper and went downstairs to join the queue outside the clothing store . |
| 7 | I spent more money in Glasgow airport waiting for the plane … ’ |
| 8 | As I heard more stories about the measuring rod , not just from Alec but from other boys as well , I began to realise that it would be as big a problem for me as it always was for Alec . |
| 9 | Next door , in a small art gallery and museum , I saw more drawings by Jack Yeats , all excellent . |
| 10 | Before long , I saw more signs of agriculture , on a pathetically primitive level . |
| 11 | I Dreamed more bullets into the gun , and shot him full of more lead . |
| 12 | From then on , I took more interest in him , looking at him as more than just my employer . |
| 13 | I had more luck with partners this time — I was paired off with an older girl who I got along with fine , and we readied ourselves to go out . |
| 14 | I wrote a few postcards — I had more faith in Bolivia 's postal service than Peru 's — and wondered what I was doing here . |
| 15 | When I started writing it , I found I had more sympathy with Frank , and he started saying more and more , and Betty merged into the background . ’ |
| 16 | As it happened , speaking a number of languages , I had more access to the room in which the drivers were locked up than most , and I filed a long despatch to The Times about the issues in the strike and the feeling among the drivers . |
| 17 | The Tauregs know every nook and cranny in the Hoggars , and proved excellent guides , but every ride was a bumpy one , and by the end of the day I had more need of the masseurs than the runners did ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It 's alright , but I do wish I had more time to myself . ’ |
| 19 | I wish I had more time for reading ; it means a lot to me . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I told Pa frankly that under the circumstances I attached more value to Michelet 's advice than to his own … . |
| 21 | Immediately afterwards , however , came the Afghanistan invasion , which produced more problems for détente and US-European relations . |
| 22 | However , following the two oil price shocks it was decided that the country 's vulnerability ( as Europe 's largest oil importer ) to crude price rises meant that a policy which made more use of the country 's abundant coal resources and reduced oil dependence should be followed . |
| 23 | History teaching had been developing along lines which made more use of reference and local source material , while IS , which involved history , science , geography , and religious education ( RE ) , had been concerned with providing greater primary/secondary continuity in the first-year curriculum , and with developing , through an interdisciplinary base , essential learning skills . |
| 24 | At the same time , it implemented a second , more radical phase of land reform , which redistributed more land to previously landless peasants . |
| 25 | Other changes in judicial policy at the end of the nineteenth century were the result of a shift in European legal thought which placed more emphasis on the identity of the convicted person , as opposed to the actual offence , when determining punishment . |
| 26 | From meetings at Highlander , between other organisations and community groups , an active organisation evolved which demanded more information from state and federal agencies on the contents and safety aspects of chemical dumps , and became involved in ‘ more than occasional direct action ( in a few cases , civil disobedience ) to stop the dumping . ’ |
| 27 | So if you got more post in , or your productivity in the servicing sections is down , from two point seven it 's down actually at two point six is what we 're achieving , we 're marginally out . |
| 28 | When the water boiled she made more tea in the silver pot , refilled the milk jug , found clean cups and a plateful of almond biscuits , and carried the tray back to the terrace . |
| 29 | what would happen if you , let's have a look at G , depends on , what would happen if you were still paying fifty pence , but they gave you four hundred , four hundred grams of chocolate , well you get eight grams per penny , this is another test that you got it the right way up , if it were still only two hundred grams , but you payed more money for it , let's say they charged you a pound , I think you 'd get less grams per penny . |
| 30 | She found more deaths among sexually mature females than among males , which gave a skew in the latter 's favour . |