Example sentences of "more [subord] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other half , she admitted to herself , wanted nothing more than to fling herself into his arms , use all her feminine wiles to attack and conquer his patronising self-control . |
| 2 | And the fact that she wanted nothing more than to entrust herself to fitzAlan 's protection made her nervousness all the more acute . |
| 3 | Remembering my conversations with him at the end of 1975 and the beginning of 1976 , it was clear that he wanted fresh fields to conquer , that he thought he had more than proved himself as a racing driver and that he thought he could , with no great difficulty , follow a Bruce McLaren , for instance , and make his own way in cars of his own . |
| 4 | The journey is a slow one for the tiny fish do little more than allow themselves to be carried by the river current . |
| 5 | The hole may twist and turn and the ferret will do no more than tie itself to the root while simply passing along the burrow . |