Example sentences of "would [verb] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm you 'd want more than would you ? |
| 2 | It 's impossible to judge exactly how many people will come in as a result of that and er , how much expenditure will be incurred because as you know we 're in a recessionary period and as you 've already heard there is concern about current trading , but I would hope that it would bring in er , something like a hundred and fifty thousand extra people , certainly in a good year I 'd expect more than that but really that 's about as much as I 'm prepared to say with some additional spending which will be incurred at Alton Towers . |
| 3 | ‘ Personally , I ca n't think of anything I 'd like more than to have you as a brother-in-law . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I think it 'd take more than a lot of nomes and some string to fly it , anyway . ’ |
| 5 | Faithful to him , even if they would have to be apart sometimes , as he 'd be faithful to her , although he knew she 'd take more than a little convincing about that . |
| 6 | ‘ It 'd take more than a few facts to convince Dudley Ford that he 's mistaken ! |
| 7 | We 'd have more than enough time to catch up , even overtake them . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It said she hated having to give you up , she 'd hoped to keep you , but this way you 'd have more than she could ever give you , and she knew you 'd be loved , even as much as she loved you . |
| 9 | I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like , |
| 10 | I think you 'd get more than a t parking ticket looking at it for M O T wise if he get pulled . |
| 11 | ‘ To be honest , at first I did n't have a clue how long I 'd stay , ’ says Bassett , ‘ so I can understand why some locals did n't think I 'd last more than a season or so . |
| 12 | If only they could see me in the office now I 'd turn more than a few heads . |
| 13 | I 'd say more than that , in fact I 'd go so far as to mention the name of Blanche Ingram and the word , marriage . |
| 14 | But perhaps one day he would want more than just to know . |
| 15 | He might begin with between one and four different sizes of tesserae — separated into heaps or placed a partitioned box — and would make more than he intended to use ( manufacture continuing as the pavement was laid ) . |
| 16 | At least you would earn more than you are now . ’ |
| 17 | The CFTC will have the right , with the acquiesence of the Government , to intervene in business conducted under a regulatory regime which any reasonable person would consider more than adequate . |
| 18 | Harper 's own wife would need more than a few such compliments when he reached home , for she had been adamantly opposed to her husband travelling to Brussels . |
| 19 | Donna thought she would need more than hot , soapy water to remove the accumulated grime . |
| 20 | Those who would buy more than unc logically opt for the two-part tariff and thereby the right to buy extra units at |
| 21 | In that sorry , in agriculture when there was a good harvest , prices would fall more than proportionately to the change in quantity . |
| 22 | By this time there was very little he did not know about being a prince ; and long before he came to it he would know more than most men born to it about being a king . |
| 23 | You know , he died indoors , worrying that he would enjoy more than his fair share of sunshine if he went out . ’ |
| 24 | Said Greg : ‘ There is no-one I would rather row with and there is no-one I would trust more than Jonny . |
| 25 | I also think , on er sort of workers ' rights , I mean if you know the person that 's made it , like a local butcher , I would trust more to make I would trust more than . |
| 26 | Some of the visitors , however , would do more than stand on the harbourside to watch , they would put to sea with a crew for a night 's fishing . |
| 27 | It would do more than anything else to reduce the disparities of income and other divisions and incohesions within society . |
| 28 | At all events , it is difficult to see how such a gain would do more than very marginally modify the picture which has been outlined . |
| 29 | The new system would do more than ensure fair parliamentary representation of the electorate 's political choices : it would change the character of our governments . |
| 30 | He hinted he would do more than host formal functions and represent Israel on state visits : ‘ I hope I will be able , through the efficient work of the government , to play a role in developing the Middle East peace process . ’ |