Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] be more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If it cheers you any , be assured that the depth of feeling you hold for me is more than returned in kind . ’ |
| 2 | Hearing you apologise for the things I love most about you is more than I can stand ! ’ |
| 3 | Merciless , he lapped her , sucked her , grazed her with his teeth until the waves of sensation that beat against her were more than she could bear . |
| 4 | In the morning , when Elisha 's young servant discovered the surrounding troops , he reported his alarm to his master , to be told , ‘ ’ Fear not , for those who are with us are more than those who are with them . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Now that the Conservatives have got in it is more than likely that we will get a base rate cut and so all investment rates will fall . ’ |
| 6 | Oh yes , oh there , aye there was , ah but these this lot that I 'm telling you about they were more or less traders . |
| 7 | When she still laments her fate he can only add ‘ We are not bound for ever to the circles of the world , and beyond them is more than memory . |
| 8 | When he came along erm was about he was more or less asked what terms he wanted and said that he was no to show no favouritism . |