Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It shows that about three-quarters of the male respondents replied that the tax system had no influence on their work effort , 15 per cent replied that it made them work more and 11 per cent that it made them work less . |
| 2 | I was wondering how on earth I should endure these hunting days , especially when they all came back and crowed over me about the jolly time they 'd had , and then I thought , by jove , there 's Alexandra Abbott and she does n't hunt and she made me laugh more than anyone has for years . |
| 3 | As elsewhere , the people have been very kind here , and have let us teach more or less what we want . |
| 4 | ‘ It has helped me see more than ever that I compete for my country and always will . ’ |
| 5 | Amanda rolled over taking most of the duvet with her ; it was easier to let her have more than her fair share . |
| 6 | ‘ I am committed to these elderly people and I feel they deserve more than this . |
| 7 | Mr Harper said : ‘ I am committed to these elderly people and I feel they deserve more than this . |
| 8 | Someone suggested she touch up her lipstick , but make-up only made her look more than ever like the Spitting Image puppet of Bette Midler . |
| 9 | At tea breaks and lunchtime I never saw him eat more than a bar of chocolate or a biscuit . |
| 10 | Did I have more than you thought I would ? |
| 11 | Did you w did you specialize more than most folk or were you just average ? |
| 12 | Yeah in the the number on the bottom is bigger but that just means you 've got to share it out between more people so do you get more or less if you share it between more people ? |
| 13 | 3 Do you buy more or less of the following than you did a year ago ? |
| 14 | However , she never practised , and neither did she publish more than an ( authoritative ) article on labour law for the Encyclopaedia Britannica . |
| 15 | Why do we need more and better soul — why should it not swiftly become a fat , sweaty , obscenity , like the last lot did ? |
| 16 | But here the descriptions play an important role , and serious students would do well to read them carefully ; for not only do they tell more than any photograph ever can , including technical details of construction , but , when studied with the photographs , or in front of the objects themselves , they are invaluable in helping to focus on the many significant details which might otherwise go unnoticed . |
| 17 | Nor , in the long hours of her sleeping , when he and Diniz shared the same room , did he say more than he thought might reassure the young Portuguese . |
| 18 | Does it show more than intertextuality |
| 19 | And it struck me straight away that although the twentieth century as it marched on made us look more and more like Americans , we are Europeans , we always have been Europeans , our roots are there , our culture 's there and of course in the late twentieth century our economic needs , and the geographical links , the electronic links mean that we are there whether we like it or not . |
| 20 | We must ensure that any new action does not jeopardise what we have done or make us lose more than we have gained . ’ |
| 21 | It makes me feel more than somewhat persecuted to have items of the British public lurking about my property — particularly when most of them have n't read two lines of my verse together . ’ |
| 22 | It 's very dangerous because lots of people looking at you makes you think more and more about the image that you 're presenting to the world . |