Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [verb] more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only has she attracted more publicity than any other naval vessel since the Mary Rose , but she was n't even entirely British . |
| 2 | Has it attracted more custom ? |
| 3 | She says she needs more time , but we know she is lying . |
| 4 | But Mr Harper says he needs more help . |
| 5 | Now he has been promoted and says he needs more time . |
| 6 | One delegation from Oxford City Council says it needs more cash to serve an extra thirteen thousand people whose homes now fall within the the city boundaries . |
| 7 | A support group for the elderly in north Oxfordshire says it wants more cooperation with the police in helping what it reckons is an increasing number of elderly victims of crime in the area . |
| 8 | They told the Cannes conference that new legislation that requires them to give more information on toxic chemicals to federal safety watchdogs could leave them wide open to spies . |
| 9 | Some women find a cup of strong coffee every hour or so helpful , as it helps them pass more water . |
| 10 | Why simply that ‘ as an accomplished individual you have more stringent and exacting expectations ’ ( a banker 's way of saying he hopes I have more money than brains ) . |
| 11 | Now the organisation which owns it says more room is needed to accomodate all the visitors . |
| 12 | He does sometimes get into a ‘ delayed ’ mood where he thinks he has more time than he does … the reason for the square/back passes I reckon is noone moves into space for him or looks for it up front . |
| 13 | We face real threats internationally from pollution , over-population , from famine , from nuclear accidents and from the collapse of an unjust world economic order which means we take more money from the poor than we lend them every year . ’ |
| 14 | Sometimes this means they have more room for wheel toys , but often it gives them a chance to make their own den to hide away in with a favourite toy . |
| 15 | In Reine les Falaises I encoun-tered more ill-health and death than ever before . |
| 16 | Each individual in the team considers he has more influence than he would have if the work were organised on a formal ‘ role culture ’ basis . |
| 17 | Does it make more sense to be beaten 62–7 or play tight competitive fixtures like Southland and NZ Universities as England ‘ B ’ did . |
| 18 | What does this really mean , and is the current fashion for quality merely rhetorical gloss or does it have more substance ? |
| 19 | Or perhaps it is all that rain which makes me want more water . |
| 20 | Why , what makes you use more fuel ? |