Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Married men with children were the group most likely to reply that taxation made them work more hours . |
| 2 | They seemed happy about my victory in Germany and most of them expected me to win more races last year . ’ |
| 3 | It also stated that ‘ 90 per cent of the respondents indicated that their experience in the programme had helped them to see more clearly the forces at work in their lives and had in fact helped them to take more control over their lives ’ . |
| 4 | When I started writing it , I found I had more sympathy with Frank , and he started saying more and more , and Betty merged into the background . ’ |
| 5 | In the latest they were called to the home of a man in his early 20s in Frenchgate , Richmond , but found they needed more equipment so took him back to the Richmond Fire Station and released the cuffs with a hacksaw and vice . |
| 6 | I was confused by all these solicitous questions , and found myself telling more lies than I had to . |
| 7 | He advised her to spend more time with the Prince of Wales . |
| 8 | The magazine , Politis , claimed it had more evidence after the French Environment Ministry dismissed the report but adding that it was dangerous to dig in the recently closed dump because it ‘ would be like opening a tomb ’ . |
| 9 | I heard him put more money into the box . |
| 10 | While working class women increasingly went out to work , usually out of economic necessity , philanthropists and policy makers increasingly urged them to pay more attention to their duties as wives and mothers , which only tended to exacerbate the difficulties they experienced . |
| 11 | From meetings at Highlander , between other organisations and community groups , an active organisation evolved which demanded more information from state and federal agencies on the contents and safety aspects of chemical dumps , and became involved in ‘ more than occasional direct action ( in a few cases , civil disobedience ) to stop the dumping . ’ |
| 12 | When she found a lot more shoots in different places , she decided they needed more air and light , so she began to pull out the thick grass around them . |
| 13 | Barrett , who has recently scored two impressive first round stoppage victories in Italy , decided he needs more experience in the welterweight division and feels he made a mistake in challenging Manning Galloway too soon for the WBO welterweight crown last July . |
| 14 | He suggested that the club expected him to score more points . |
| 15 | When the water boiled she made more tea in the silver pot , refilled the milk jug , found clean cups and a plateful of almond biscuits , and carried the tray back to the terrace . |
| 16 | I thought you had more self-control . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought you had more courage . ’ |
| 18 | Or was it a surgical implant that enabled him to endure more terror than ordinary men , a supplementary hypothalamus ? |
| 19 | A word from Maud and he had been given one of the four coveted places as a dresser , which meant he had more chance to learn the great man 's skills . |
| 20 | He still spent every holiday with them , but I felt he needed more independence and so did they . |
| 21 | He felt he needed more brandy , but the glass was nearly empty and the bottle was in the kitchen . |
| 22 | Erik Hazelhoft-Roelfzema was accepted eventually , hut I still felt he wanted more experience . |
| 23 | I thought it required more teachers caring about their subjects as much as he obviously did . |
| 24 | Officially he had recovered nicely from the shock of his experience , but his sister thought he needed more time : she was mothering him . |
| 25 | The high level of enquiries resulted in another intensive year 's effort by the tendering teams which enabled us to submit more tenders by number and value than we did in 1991 . |
| 26 | ‘ Did you need more money ? ’ |
| 27 | Did you get more money there ? |
| 28 | I am sure that had nothing to do with her withdrawal but the way she did it raised more questions than it answered . |
| 29 | She said she wanted more freedom for licensees to decide their opening hours , and believed children would learn about alcohol by going into pubs with their parents . |
| 30 | ‘ My God , woman , you were the one who said we needed more space . ’ |