Example sentences of "than he [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The railways undercut his price and he was forced to find many more passengers than he had at first calculated . |
| 2 | Looking at her more closely , he realized she was much older than he had at first thought . |
| 3 | Alone with Damian Flint Rachel found him even more formidable than he had at first appeared . |
| 4 | These days he felt happier than he had at any time in his life . |
| 5 | Bigwig was racing back across the field , looking more agitated than he had at any time since the encounter with Captain Holly . |
| 6 | A little over an hour later , Harry felt more in control of events than he had at any time since Heather 's disappearance . |
| 7 | He had always considered Sir John a portly , self-indulgent toper , but at this moment the coroner seemed more at ease , sword and dagger in his hands , fighting for his life , than he had at any time since they had met . |
| 8 | Had the house actually left the ground , he knew that he could n't have felt more strange than he did at this moment , or more afraid : there was someone here . |