Example sentences of "[adj] than anything [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Book of Revelation , which Tolstoy said ‘ reveals absolutely nothing ’ , is more heavily marked than anything else in the New Testament which Dostoevsky took to prison with him , and we know that huge overarching shapes like Baal , the Kingdom of Antichrist , are beginning to appear in his writing from the early 1860s . |
| 2 | More than anything else in the world , he wanted to see that muscular hairy body hanging from a bloody meat-hook in the cellar among the turkey carcasses and slaughtered pigs . |
| 3 | If others point out to me that I always shirk opportunities to get something which I earnestly insist that I desire more than anything else in the world , I shall be persuaded to relinquish it as an end only if on reflection I am forced to admit to myself that I do not feel about it as strongly as I supposed . |
| 4 | I want to be yours more than anything else in the world , and it 's not too late . |
| 5 | The gentle-hearted David was shocked by the cold vehemence between these two people whom he loved more than anything else in the whole world . |
| 6 | More than anything else in the world she wanted him to touch her again , but already some of the unadulterated pleasure was slipping away and the doubts were beginning to reassert themselves . |
| 7 | Much more modern than anything else in the street , they were well designed and built in glossy red brick . |