Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They saw better and I had more space to work in ; but no-one had thought of it before . |
2 | In fact , the input and headphone sockets are neatly recessed so they 're almost flush with the front panel , which is a neat way of finishing them off and I wish more companies would look at ideas like this . |
3 | ‘ Ten years , ’ he said , ‘ ten years I 've had on this milk run , see , and I seen more accidents than I 've had Sunday dinners . |
4 | The next day I got all my guns ready and I put more wood and young trees around my house . |
5 | Tremayne was held in genuine respect and I saw more sympathy than smirks : yet he in many respects was the stoker of the ill-feeling between his warring jockeys , and putting me among them was n't a recipe for a cease-fire . |
6 | This proposal concerned the use of an AI Planning Aid to assist the major servicing of the aircraft and I believe more details of this will be given by Steve Docker in his talk this afternoon . |
7 | Now that the good weather has arrived I feel trapped in the shop , and I want more time to enjoy other interests such as cricket and walking . |
8 | Despite archaeological discoveries which are still being made year by year and which throw more light upon the Etruscan civilisation , knowledge of these people , their origins , their way of life is still far from complete . |
9 | Inoculations , crossbreeding of animals and the use of hormones are producing better livestock , which resist diseases , which fatten faster , and which give more milk , wool or eggs . |
10 | S3 This is a critical year where decisions about which pupils are likely to prove to be good Higher Candidates and which need more consolidation and a slower pace are taken . |
11 | I says and you 've more daylight then |
12 | Hens got extra feed and you got more eggs . |
13 | and I , I always felt if we have a change onto this er new system of er , of these quilts , I , I you know , I were n't too sure , but once you 've changed I do n't think you 'd ever want to go back because in winter time when it 's a bit cooler and you put more blanket on to keep warmer and then it becomes heavy |
14 | For Nicola Field : ‘ As you go on working you learn and you gain more experience and you start to get frustrated with being a side-kick and having your ideas continually being taken up and used by someone else . ’ |
15 | All power-ups can be upgraded a maximum of five times , and you get more money to spend after each race depending on your finishing position . |
16 | If your children have left home and you have more space than you need , you could consider taking in lodgers , either as paying guests or , if your property lends itself to the creation of a separate flatlet , in a tenancy capacity . |
17 | There 's the same amount of work and you have more interest for your time off . ’ |
18 | If you do not understand how it works and you want more information about the method used then I again refer you to the books I have written on 1-2-3 and SuperCalc . |
19 | " Is n't that a bit selfish ? " chided a colleague whose opinion she respected , and who stood more chance than most of applying the brakes . |
20 | She only normally , she said all I ever get normally is Elizabeth on a pass and she got more passes than anything . |
21 | He began to sing Lucenzo 's praises , and she paid more attention . |
22 | There are more members — and we receive more letters — for Steffi 's fan club service , than for any other player , even Andre Agassi , who has overtaken last year 's previously most popular male player , Stefan Edberg . |
23 | And we eat more convenience foods , high in calories : burgers , pizzas , Indian and Chinese food , cakes , biscuits and pastries . |
24 | Our profits are disappointingly small in relation to , er er , the , er first half of last year er then , we had buoyant conditions and we made more money than we ever had before . |
25 | ‘ Trespassing is not a criminal offence and we want more people to understand that . |
26 | And we have more plans for the future to make it the ultimate private leisure club . |
27 | ‘ Coast defence work is necessary because the area is flooded 50 days of the year , and we have more chance of attracting business investment by removing the threat of flooding . |
28 | The only reason is that we are younger and we have more freedom , we can do what we like . |
29 | ‘ I think we are at least as strong as the Oxford crew physically and we have more experience , though the ages of the crews are almost identical . |
30 | ‘ We 're in front of Amundsen , and we have more men , and more money . |