Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [vb pp] more [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She 's caused more problems backing out from here he 's naughty behind me |
2 | He says , She 's caused more bother in this house he said than enough . |
3 | She 's got more money than you mate ! |
4 | Yeah but she 's got more hair than what I got in the front . |
5 | In fact , the work we have done together has always been very harmonious — although I imagine if we were in a sit-com at the same time we could get a bit waspish — ‘ She 's got more lines than me … but it 's never happened so far . |
6 | She 's got more sweets ! |
7 | Christ almighty , she 's had more pricks than a second-hand dart board ! ’ |
8 | She 's had more people in there , the dogs have been left more hours that |
9 | It feels as if he has met more children than any other group of the population during the campaign . |
10 | He prides himself on a forthright nature and says he has asked more questions than any other MP in the House . |
11 | Granted , if his deficit-reduction plan eventually gets through Congress relatively unscathed , he will be able to claim that he has done more good in an important area of policy than either of his predecessors . |
12 | NICO , PATTI SMITH , The Stooges , Jonathan Richman , La Monte Young , John Cage , Nick Drake , Eno , Squeeze , Happy Mondays — John Cale 's CV is studded with the most intriguing of collaborations ; he has traversed more ground and confused more expectations than the average musician has a right to . |
13 | No one would suggest that he rivals Sobers as the greatest of all-rounders , for , although he has taken more wickets , his batting has been much less consistent and his Test average is some twenty-three points lower than Sobers ' . |
14 | Woosnam names Bernhard Langer as his ‘ dark horse ’ and the German has succeeded in keeping an appropriately low profile even if he has had more practice rounds than anyone . |
15 | Property expert Kevin Dibben said : ‘ It 's a nice house but he has spent more time and effort on the property than it is worth . |
16 | I think it has prevented more activity than it has allowed . |
17 | The architect-designed classroom is proving popular with the four and five year olds who use it and it has provided more space for activities . |
18 | It may even claim that it has had more complaints of bias from the Labour Party . |
19 | It has included more discussion and comment than Westminster did in 1989–90 , with only 65% of its items using televised actuality and the average duration of each piece of actuality being only three minutes ( 69% of each item ) . |
20 | Conspiracy , it has been said , is a highly anomalous tort , though it has attracted more controversy among academic writers than success in practical application . |
21 | ‘ What I have found in the region is that because it has experienced more downturns than other parts of the UK it has a resilience to the dips the economy may take , ’ he said . |
22 | it 's got more than it 's got more than nu , it 's got more nuts in it |
23 | harder than most , it 's got more levels than Master System too . |
24 | The book 's better than the film cos it 's got more detail in it . |
25 | It 's got more taste to it , the other one 's sort of |
26 | he 's made more money you can make more money |
27 | There 's the fact that if he gets it wrong he 's lost more money and therefore his , you might say insurable risk is a higher one . |
28 | Erm , I think the Director has advised me , and he 's had more experience at these matters not to respond to that , and |
29 | ‘ I only hope he 's had more sense than to leave her money ! |
30 | If he 's had more time between the engine signing off and the aircraft hitting the ground , he could probably have dumped the drop tanks and jettisoned the canopy . |