Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [det] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any piece of fiction there must be room for the reader — room for him to jump at a suggestion , to insert himself into a story , to respond to hints and clues : to be told what is offered to him is to encourage him to read passively and so to give him less than he deserves . |
| 2 | ‘ Seb , you 've already helped her more than anyone else — more than any of her own people have — but right now she needs someone who understands Romany ways , and someone who cares for her too . |
| 3 | It had been splendidly undemanding ; because of his family , she did not see him more than a few times a month , always meetings snatched at short notice and with absolutely no expectation from him that she would be available . |
| 4 | The Bible does not tell us more than that . |
| 5 | He was clearly amused by her reaction , his eyes slanting into a lazy , mocking smile that somehow rattled her more than his anger had done . |
| 6 | Kindness always moved her more than anything else . |
| 7 | Now they keep saying , mummy you always give him more than you give us ! |
| 8 | ‘ The snag was , she found it impossible to accept that anyone could possibly find her less than addictive . |
| 9 | Robert Cecil 's total benefits from office in terms of influence and contacts probably brought him more than Sadler 's £2,600 ; but , once again , the increase was not huge when set beside the rise in prices . |
| 10 | Laser light can now give us more than just music in our ears . |
| 11 | Beckoning over a young man , whose look of boredom miraculously changed to one of interest when he saw Ellie , the receptionist gave a wry smile before instructing , ‘ If you 'll give him your car keys , he 'll park it for you and take your luggage up to your room — and do n't give him more than your car keys , ’ she added with friendly warning . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've got a party on line wants your private number , He wo n't give us more than ‘ Jack ’ . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I could n't love him more than I do , ’ she replied . |
| 14 | She said she occasionally felt that a job she could have been doing was being done by someone else leaving her less than fully occupied , but as her case load increased this feeling appeared to lessen . |
| 15 | But he felt no exhilaration , and he did not participate in the public celebrations after the surrender of the Japanese ; the noise of the fireworks actually disturbed him more than the bombs of the blitz . |
| 16 | We always had to chase after him for it and he 'd never give her more than a pound a week . |
| 17 | What did he do for these other people and do they actually miss him more than they do themselves ? |