Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think er I do n't think I 'll earn more money |
| 2 | ‘ To be honest , at first I did n't have a clue how long I 'd stay , ’ says Bassett , ‘ so I can understand why some locals did n't think I 'd last more than a season or so . |
| 3 | A glance at the g-meter again revealed the problem : if your feet weigh three times what your muscles expect they will take more effort to move ! |
| 4 | It comprises a cash alternative worth up to 23p a share and 43p per preference share , but irate shareholders say they would get more money — 46p a share — if the company went into voluntary liquidation . |
| 5 | Detectives say they 'd have more chance of solving such cases if a national register of DNA samples was set up . |
| 6 | Detectives say they 'd have more chance of solving such cases if a national register of DNA samples was set up . |
| 7 | Once the initial product is out , the firms say they will add more communications options for Sun workstation users . |
| 8 | Once the initial product is out , the firms say they will add more connectivity options for Sun workstation users . |
| 9 | I do n't feel I can face more than a snack in this heat … ’ |
| 10 | DO YOU sometimes feel you should take more exercise ? |
| 11 | Yet , like the rest , this is a persuasive performance , and I only hope we shall have more Arnold from American players . |
| 12 | As the lights blinked in the overhead monitors we could see more and more buses were sold out . |
| 13 | He says it will mean more pollution , less sunshine , more water taken from the Thames , and further blight on an area which is already blighted emough . |
| 14 | They hope it will encourage more people to take up dance . |
| 15 | ‘ The only kind of central heating possible would be solid fuel and to install it would cost more than the cottage is worth . ’ |
| 16 | photocopy you 'd have more jagged edges |
| 17 | ‘ You 'd think she 'd have more sense at her age . |
| 18 | But over and above that , you ca n't be expecting nurses to , presuming you 'd get more , to take over home care duties . |
| 19 | ‘ One would have thought she 'd have more sense certainly . |
| 20 | ‘ The way things are going we shall lose more of our friends , or it could be us next time round . |
| 21 | The father went on : ‘ I believe she said he had stopped breathing for a couple of seconds , and if we had n't had him at the hospital when it happened we would have more than likely lost him . ’ |
| 22 | I do think we should encourage more from a very young age when children are in school so that |
| 23 | However , if this is north facing it may make more sense to move it to a sunnier position . |
| 24 | After a few weeks the foal gains sufficient confidence to start establishing friendships with other foals , and as the weeks pass it will spend more time with them , and less with its mother — unless it is frightened , and then it will dash back to her side for security and reassurance . |
| 25 | I do wish I could find more energy to get on with it . |
| 26 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 27 | soc : And I suppose you 'd like more of the same so you can go on pinpointing variation and replicate the studies which have been done to show the same thing in different places , or maybe to include a few more explanatory variables in your statistical model ? |
| 28 | Most people believe that the British tax system is highly progressive , that is , the more you earn the more you pay , and the routine chant of those who earn most is that they are over-taxed , that ‘ if taxes were reduced we 'd have more incentive to work harder ’ . |
| 29 | I 'm saying that in my experience there is too much argument and not enough discussion in processes of government generally , and I believe we would make more progress by a more discursive approach . |
| 30 | TOO MUCH SUPPLY , TOO LITTLE DEMAND It will take more than an upturn to cheer the developers up — there will be little for them to do until tenants move into the large areas of commercial space that have yet to be let |