Example sentences of "more [verb] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did more damage to my marriage than he did to my house . |
| 2 | It is probable that plague remained a constant threat , even if it is less well recorded in contemporary writings than at an earlier date ; probably men were more inured to its presence than they had been in the first shock of 1348 . |
| 3 | The problem is I 've found myself more and more attracted to my son-in-law and I know he feels the same way . |
| 4 | The director had probably taken a room for her there tonight assuming she 'd look for something more suited to her purse in her own time . |
| 5 | The UK wine industry 's new-found potential is largely a result of the planting of grape varieties more suited to our climate . |
| 6 | Thus the genius of songwriters has been brought to bear on writing a gospel more suited to our age when a baby is born with a plastic spoon in its mouth . |
| 7 | Sally-Anne did not know of this conversation , of course , and by the next day she was her usual bouncing , energetic self , and it being Monday not only was it wash-day — oh , dear — but summer cleaning also began again , with everything being put back , and the whole place was shining and sweet-smelling , so that , Wednesday having come round , McAllister had sunk down into Dr Neil 's big armchair with a great , ‘ Phew , I 'm glad that 's all over ! ’ amusing Matey , whose soft spot for the girl who seemed to be making Dr Neil more reconciled to his lot grew greater every day . |
| 8 | I say all this because no people on the face of the planet could be more attached to their island than the oft far travelled Shetlanders . |
| 9 | Darren had become much more attached to his mother and she was showing much more affection towards him . |