Example sentences of "with more [noun sg] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ OK , ’ says I with more composure than a Confucian in a comfort station . |
| 2 | ‘ OK , ’ said I with more determination than a sybarite in a sacristy . |
| 3 | Beautiful scenery , fresh air and good food , a chance to live the simple life , staying in accommodation with more character than a motel and more comfort than a tent . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't mean to , ’ said I , slipping into the first-person with more delicacy than a dog log in a dowager 's duffle bag . |
| 5 | ‘ Do it now , ’ said I , with more authority than a gymnosophist in a lesbian love-dungeon . |
| 6 | I enquired , with more dignity than a bandy-legged clog dancer at a Star Trek convention . |
| 7 | I walked into the bar with more finagle than a ferret in a tinker 's trouser . |
| 8 | ‘ Speak on , ’ said I with more encouragement than a Brahman temple dancer at a Brown Shirt 's bump supper . |
| 9 | ‘ That guy back there was n't human , ’ I observed with more perspicacity than a panty-girdle pedlar at a Tupperware party . |