Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] than a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing that makes you happier than a child 's Christmas toy , bought in the land of plenty , broken and forgotten by Christmas night , discarded , swept up , thrown away ; some unbiodegradable bit of plastic , moulded into partial or sentimental shape . |
| 2 | ‘ But I 've never known him closer than a mile to a pick-up . |
| 3 | Are they more than a series of taboos ? |
| 4 | Unconcerned that it took him more than a year to prepare for , he points out the record wait for a first speech is 40 years and even Margaret Thatcher took 18 months before she made hers . |
| 5 | Well , if you want my advice , I 'd say make him more than a friend , if you get my meaning . |
| 6 | Next is Aled Williams of Bridgend , whose consistency in domestic matches , which might not be transferred to internationals , should have earned him more than a replacement honour ( out of position ) against Namibia in 1990 . |
| 7 | The three characters are portrayed with vivid detail and lively humour : two sailors who flirt with a girl but find her more than a match for either of them . |
| 8 | We always had to chase after him for it and he 'd never give her more than a pound a week . |
| 9 | Doctors have given her more than a fighting chance and I just have that to cling to . ’ |
| 10 | She had known him less than a week , yet it seemed natural to turn to him . |
| 11 | She 'd known him less than a week and was already on to his annoying habits . |
| 12 | It took her less than a minute to pull on her clothes and a couple more to dress the still sleeping Kirsty . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've known her less than a week , Mike , ’ he protested . |
| 14 | In MAKING IT BETTER , the improbably , coolly glamorous Jane Asher plays Diana Harrington , half of a couple who work for the BBC and have sex problems : her husband of 20 years tells her he is leaving her to set up as an homosexual , an announcement which seems to disturb her less than a wheel clamp . |
| 15 | ‘ Is it meaner than a dungeon so dark that you ca n't see your hand in front of your face ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Is it meaner than a place so foul that you ca n't bear to touch your own skin except to brush off the things crawling over you ? ’ |
| 17 | No , is it longer than a year ? |