Example sentences of "more [subord] i do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ordinarily I am not a quick thinker but this situation was very clear ; it took me only seconds to realize that Matt , with his family , needed the job more than I did , so I said to Fred , ‘ In that case , I would like to resign ’ . |
| 2 | I moved away from the bus post , they needed the support more than I did . |
| 3 | Well , they thought they were superior because their trade was classified Grade I and Met was only Grade 2 , so they got paid more than I did and considered they were a cut above me in every way . |
| 4 | I guess they needed it more than I did ’ . |
| 5 | She spoke to Syl more than I did . |
| 6 | ‘ You were n't in direst need , ’ said Felicity , ‘ you got thirty thousand francs a month , which was more than I did . |
| 7 | I definitely , I do n't really think I got more than I did in the end of year , last year one , I think I got forty percent in that |
| 8 | She misses you Elsie and sometimes I want to say to her she can not miss you more than I do . |
| 9 | And sometimes the Lord will say to me , ‘ Richie , you need that money more than I do . |
| 10 | Fortunately he did n't , for what she said now was , ‘ There 's no one likes a laugh more than I do , but there 's a time and a place for everything . |
| 11 | around the m around the Mansfield =field , and these Children , at School they know far more than I do at my age I think . |
| 12 | She needs you more than I do . ’ |
| 13 | It 'll probably go up by another three , four pounds and then later on er when the cows goes up to the grass I 'll be making not quite double probably , but er quite a lot more than I do now up to maybe fourteen , fifteen pounds in a day . |
| 14 | You seem to need it more than I do . ’ |
| 15 | There was such an appeal in his voice that McAllister felt really ashamed , and then when he had left her , refusing to take his hanky back , saying , ‘ You need it more than I do , ’ she also felt something else — a kind of purging , a relief . |
| 16 | But anyway I gave , it 's fifty P I gave the lass who was selling it a pound you see and she said here you are waiting to give me my change , I said no , no and she said and I said to her I said you know you need it more than I do and she she got tears in her eyes and I I thought I mean I I do n't know if I can articulate this properly . |
| 17 | You use it more than I do . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Doping makes people so distrustful that if someone jumps two cms longer in a long jump , a cm higher in the pole-vault or lifts 2.5 kgs more than I do , the accusation is there . ’ |
| 19 | I said I 'll help you more than I do , than I do . |
| 20 | But his face gave me no clue , and he went on : " Would you love me more if I did succeed ? " |
| 21 | I was so disgusted with myself that I wanted to make myself suffer even more when I did — as I knew I would — break my word . |