Example sentences of "more and [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grew cross when Wickham demanded more and extremely so when Wickham pursued Maureen 's hint of fraud . |
| 2 | My thought processes were still numb , but I got feebly into action , moving more and more strongly as I sought out wood for a fresh fire . |
| 3 | The connection between girls suffering from eating disorders and violently hating their own bodies , and sexual violence in society , struck me more and more powerfully as I listened to girls talking about periods , body shape and size , and how they feel about their bodies . |
| 4 | They 'd seen each other fairly regularly since , but more and more competitively as time went on . |
| 5 | Perhaps he did not touch her very deeply but he did not shock her either , her body moving easily , without apprehension , beneath his ; her mind remaining open to the possibility of sensation , observing his pleasure with affection — glad that he should have it — yet wondering more and more frequently if a similar capacity for such joyful sensuality lay concealed somewhere within herself . |
| 6 | We met more and more frequently as the months went by , until we had more drafts than the windows of a stone cottage . |
| 7 | She answers him sternly and literally , but talks a great deal more and more fluently than usual . |
| 8 | But now more and more maybe cos they 're taking early retirement or getting made redundant I mean it 's the fellers is n't it ? |
| 9 | His feet began to tap more and more loudly beneath the desk and his jaw quivered more and more violently as Blanche put her side of the story and pleaded for more time to finish the investigation . |
| 10 | We are all familiar with the fact that the days of our childhood seemed to stretch out , passing more and more quickly as we grew . |