Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Daphne 's dear familiarity , the pleasure of her company , the comfort of knowing pretty well what she would say in response to any remark , the whole warm , easy , ancient closeness that had subsisted between them for more than half a century , won over Cecilia 's temporary , though profound , embarrassment . |
| 2 | The raiders fled empty-handed and Iris — who has n't competed in a race for 57 years — chased after them for more than half a mile . |
| 3 | The second , or spare rod , is never left to fish for itself for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 4 | I often thought Rob was like him in more than mere looks , ’ she went on thoughtfully , then her tone lightened . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I 'm hardly going to get back into bed with him after more than a whole year . |
| 6 | No amount of persuasion would induce her to stay with us for more than a few days before she 'd vanish again to pursue her old habits , and on New Year 's Day 1967 , the police called for the last time . |
| 7 | He liked her , you could n't help but like her , but he wished in this moment it was in him to more than like her . |
| 8 | Nobody 's heard from him for more than a year . |
| 9 | After I come back to take over the club again , you wo n't be in it for more than a week or two at a time . ’ |
| 10 | Once , when the shock of alarm thrilled through her with more than usual intensity , she began to sing , softly , to keep her spirits up , and several phrases had passed her lips before she realized that the song came from her childhood — that she had not sung those words for almost twenty years , had forgotten them even until this moment when , with startling clarity , her memory travelled back in time . |
| 11 | ‘ Let's hope this is the last chapter for them — it has been hanging over them for more than a year — and they can now start to rebuild their lives . ’ |
| 12 | And Robert Urquhart had been shown to be lying to her about more than his affections . |
| 13 | But his concentration was poor these days : he could hardly keep his mind on anything for more than a moment … and even when he heard what the Padre said it made no sense … " the Editor of The Times as wise as God Himself ! " |
| 14 | From then on , I took more interest in him , looking at him as more than just my employer . |