Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [prep] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time the defeat of his hopes did n't crush him for more than a few days . |
| 2 | On the home front his business experiences should stand him in more than good stead : cobblers is the stock-in-trade of most cricket committees . |
| 3 | On the home front his business experiences should stand him in more than good stead : cobblers is the stock-in-trade of most cricket committees . |
| 4 | But as I tried to follow his instructions , keeping my fists up and my chin tucked in and learning a new kind of dance on the balls of my feet , the sight of his bare , hairless chest , so brown and muscular , would suddenly fill me with more than muscular weakness , and I felt I would collapse , not under the playful blows he landed on my discombobulated body , but under the sheer spell of his magnificence . |
| 5 | She wo n't charge me with more than my due , nor will she let that lad pay for a death I 'm sure he does not owe . |
| 6 | You can only raise it two you ca n't raise it by more than the , what it is in the pot . |