Example sentences of "he had more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he had more craft and policy , more capacity to wait , to present a good face to the world , and to advance step by step towards his goal . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , Mrs Cohen , I wo n't keep you , ’ he said , not wishing to delay himself when he had more money to earn and no prospect of any worthwhile gossip from this quarter . |
| 3 | Only that he had more money than he could count , but she knew that already . |
| 4 | John did not have his brother Bobby 's ease on a platform but he had more integrity and honesty and he knew he had to do it . |
| 5 | A word from Maud and he had been given one of the four coveted places as a dresser , which meant he had more chance to learn the great man 's skills . |
| 6 | The challenge was taken up by Harry Baker , who being provided with a weight placed it in a backet and walked from Halling Institute to Snodland Institute , so winning the bet , but he had more difficulty collecting his winnings . |
| 7 | There was more fun as an underdog — and since he had more bark than bite it was a casting that suited the irascible old gentleman ideally . |
| 8 | Presumably , with his straightforward affable nature , he had more faith in the younger genera–on than was justified . |
| 9 | He had more cream on his hair than the Scottish Dairies , and sidelocks swooping down on either side of a pasty jowl . |
| 10 | ‘ He had more brains in his little finger than you have in your whole skinny body . ’ |
| 11 | Despite this diligence in the diocese he had more leisure than at Durham and much more leisure than later . |
| 12 | Artists sought his favour more often than they sought his wife 's , which is hardly surprising since he had more power and patronage to dispense . |
| 13 | Harbury surmised that he had more reason than anybody : he had been severely demoted , he had been given a rough time and he was partly responsible for Martin Ayling selling to MacQuillan . |
| 14 | So I 'd say Peter ; he had more talent in a little finger than I 've got in my whole body — no exaggeration . |
| 15 | Their data showed that the larger the coalition , the greater was the fitness of each male within it despite the fact that he had more companions with whom he had to share paternity . |
| 16 | And yes , he had more dignity than I did then and I felt small , mean . |
| 17 | Though determined as ever he had more wisdom and caution than he had years ago . |
| 18 | As a result his writing becomes less concerned with immediate political concerns and he had more time for reading and research . |
| 19 | Chapman came back the next year , he said , because he had more time , not because the finances were in a muddle . |