Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They saw better and I had more space to work in ; but no-one had thought of it before . |
| 2 | Tremayne was held in genuine respect and I saw more sympathy than smirks : yet he in many respects was the stoker of the ill-feeling between his warring jockeys , and putting me among them was n't a recipe for a cease-fire . |
| 3 | Hens got extra feed and you got more eggs . |
| 4 | " Is n't that a bit selfish ? " chided a colleague whose opinion she respected , and who stood more chance than most of applying the brakes . |
| 5 | She only normally , she said all I ever get normally is Elizabeth on a pass and she got more passes than anything . |
| 6 | He began to sing Lucenzo 's praises , and she paid more attention . |
| 7 | Our profits are disappointingly small in relation to , er er , the , er first half of last year er then , we had buoyant conditions and we made more money than we ever had before . |
| 8 | As a result his writing becomes less concerned with immediate political concerns and he had more time for reading and research . |
| 9 | With the house came two hundred acres and he added more land later , planting woods which were bequeathed to the nation , with the house . |
| 10 | Although the break was a nasty one , McCracken came back successfully at the beginning of 1921–22 when the Palace made their debut in Division Two and he played more games for us in that division than anyone else during our four year tenure there 1921–25 . |
| 11 | Soon Gabrielle learned to leave him alone in his despair , and he spent more time playing darts and billiards at a Battersea pub . |
| 12 | Dr. Kumar said that if Labour was elected , pensions and child benefit would be increased immediately and he promised more investment in the rural development commission . |
| 13 | Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds |
| 14 | There were n't , we did it singly and it made more people did n't it ? |
| 15 | It meant we had to chase the game and it left more room for their two dangerous strikers . |
| 16 | Herman asked me to tell them all about Greece — but I had more sense than to do so . |
| 17 | I could have jumped up and battered his foot if I 'd wanted to , but I had more respect than that ! ’ |
| 18 | what would happen if you , let's have a look at G , depends on , what would happen if you were still paying fifty pence , but they gave you four hundred , four hundred grams of chocolate , well you get eight grams per penny , this is another test that you got it the right way up , if it were still only two hundred grams , but you payed more money for it , let's say they charged you a pound , I think you 'd get less grams per penny . |
| 19 | Maggie felt annoyed but she had more sense than to argue . |
| 20 | ‘ But we realised more work was needed on teaching people how to design and implement effectively the training necessary to fill gaps . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We regretted having to do it , but we had more people attending the Christmas parties last year than we have employees at Wilton . ’ |
| 22 | The Liberal Democrats did much less well than had the Alliance in 1986 in terms of votes , but they had more success in targeting and retaining council seats . |
| 23 | But he had more craft and policy , more capacity to wait , to present a good face to the world , and to advance step by step towards his goal . |
| 24 | John did not have his brother Bobby 's ease on a platform but he had more integrity and honesty and he knew he had to do it . |
| 25 | The challenge was taken up by Harry Baker , who being provided with a weight placed it in a backet and walked from Halling Institute to Snodland Institute , so winning the bet , but he had more difficulty collecting his winnings . |
| 26 | He did n't eat much food but he drank more rum than usual . |
| 27 | Not only was it more convenient for his financial deals in international negotiations to be done there , but he needed more dancers . |
| 28 | Even apart from his experience , his descent admirably equipped him for kingship : son of the impetuous , vacillating and prodigal Henry III he may have been , but he showed more affinity with his grandfather and great-grandfather , King John and Henry II . |