Example sentences of "more than [pos pn] due " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beneficiaries thus regard themselves as having received no more than their due , to which they were entitled anyhow , while those whose benefits are discontinued regard themselves as cheated of what they had a right to and had been encouraged to expect . |
| 2 | The voice sounded annoyed by her question , as if instant recognition was no more than its due . |
| 3 | Twenty years at the pinnacle of his profession had paid him handsomely and he accepted the accolades and the financial rewards as no more than his due . |
| 4 | When Harold Skimpole declares to him that ‘ The owners of such places as Chesney Wold … are public benefactors … good enough to maintain a number of delightful objects for the admiration and pleasure of us poor men ’ , Sir Leicester receives the compliment as no more than his due . |
| 5 | Jerome had surely told all he knew , and if the burden he was carrying was even more than his due , yet he could be left to carry it a while longer . |
| 6 | And he , of course , would accept her ministrations as though they were quite simply no more than his due . |
| 7 | ‘ From the biting tone , I infer that you think it 's no more than your due ? |
| 8 | She wo n't charge me with more than my due , nor will she let that lad pay for a death I 'm sure he does not owe . |