Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] than [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was better than walking , better than fighting the tangle of woodland , but whether it was better than lying in the clearing , I could n't decide .
2 She sipped as if on automatic pilot , which was n't good but it was better than catatonia .
3 The weather missed it : it was higher than weather ,
4 It was worse than school .
5 It was worse than soccer hooligans .
6 said it was the most , said it was worse than Body of Evidence .
7 In Oldham , and other towns of East Lancashire ( but not in West Yorkshire where stone was plentiful ) , the chief constructional material was brick because it was cheaper than stone .
8 It was more than shit it was a load of shit .
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