Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb past] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | In the latest they were called to the home of a man in his early 20s in Frenchgate , Richmond , but found they needed more equipment so took him back to the Richmond Fire Station and released the cuffs with a hacksaw and vice . |
| 3 | Personally I would have thought you had more ambition than that . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ She was told she needed more experience nursing very sick children . ’ |
| 5 | The magazine , Politis , claimed it had more evidence after the French Environment Ministry dismissed the report but adding that it was dangerous to dig in the recently closed dump because it ‘ would be like opening a tomb ’ . |
| 6 | I asked , rather wishing I had more clothes on . |
| 7 | That 's when you know they got more crime committed round and Valley then , cos there was a lot more kids up there . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's alright , but I do wish I had more time to myself . ’ |
| 9 | Books were included in the W H Smith catalogue for the second consecutive year , which proved ‘ popular with our customers , and we reckon we got more sales out of it ’ . |
| 10 | When she found a lot more shoots in different places , she decided they needed more air and light , so she began to pull out the thick grass around them . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I thought you had more self-control . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought you had more courage . ’ |
| 14 | A word from Maud and he had been given one of the four coveted places as a dresser , which meant he had more chance to learn the great man 's skills . |
| 15 | He still spent every holiday with them , but I felt he needed more independence and so did they . |
| 16 | He felt he needed more brandy , but the glass was nearly empty and the bottle was in the kitchen . |
| 17 | Erik Hazelhoft-Roelfzema was accepted eventually , hut I still felt he wanted more experience . |
| 18 | I thought it required more teachers caring about their subjects as much as he obviously did . |
| 19 | Officially he had recovered nicely from the shock of his experience , but his sister thought he needed more time : she was mothering him . |
| 20 | I think she saved more money that week on food . |
| 21 | But , with the Cabinet decision and the Chancellor party to it , it was harder for them , and I think we had more success than most other governments in doing this just because I knew the background . |
| 22 | I am sure that had nothing to do with her withdrawal but the way she did it raised more questions than it answered . |
| 23 | I wish I had more time for reading ; it means a lot to me . ’ |
| 24 | In Reine les Falaises I encoun-tered more ill-health and death than ever before . |
| 25 | She said she wanted more freedom for licensees to decide their opening hours , and believed children would learn about alcohol by going into pubs with their parents . |
| 26 | ‘ My God , woman , you were the one who said we needed more space . ’ |
| 27 | Among the most striking of its findings were that all those surveyed said they had more confidence in statements on biotechnology made by environment and consumers ' groups than in those issuing from government or industry . |
| 28 | Er and then similarly to that they er were said to seek agreement by Lakehoff she said they used more questions and more tag questions . |
| 29 | Bosnian Muslims said they wanted more territory than had been offered under a proposed peace plan . |
| 30 | Many women wish they had more children ( 29% ) , and a resounding 87% agree that ‘ children are hard work but worth the effort ’ . |