Example sentences of "more [subord] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a man who despaired of his appetite he was surprisingly offhand with the buck rarebit he had ordered ; he did no more than shove it round and round his plate . |
| 2 | He had never dared do more than imagine it while Brückner was alive . |
| 3 | Ribbing in the stitches on either side of the cable draws the work in more than allowing it to ladder down , which makes working a sample piece very important . |
| 4 | Yes , I 've heard that you 've been doing more than sending it out , you 've actually been taking it personally have n't you ? |
| 5 | perhaps he had undone the knot and looked inside or perhaps he had done no more than lift it and feel its weight . |
| 6 | It is only recently that I discovered that we are all born potentially good , demanding love and wanting nothing more than to give it in return . |
| 7 | His skull , which protruded above a filthy cravat , was so small that the features of his face seemed to more than cover it ; he was bald , which added to the grotesque effect . |
| 8 | The benefit of all this is estimated to be a saving on annual costs of about $4,000m beginning in 1993 — but all the cost-cutting that the company already has under its belt has done no more than enable it to stand still , which is why several analysts question whether even the latest cuts will prove sufficient . |
| 9 | " He did more than say it , I can tell you . |
| 10 | There is nothing to be gained by translating dollars into pounds in this story any more than doing it in a bank , so the money is untouched . |
| 11 | Karen would n't commit adultery behind Dennis 's back , but there was nothing that excited her more than doing it under his nose . |
| 12 | And er they drew their truncheons , that I 'd never seen before , policemen with truncheons , er and they started to run and everybody else started to run , and I forgot there was a puppy dog , this puppy dog it it chased it chased towards the er p policemen , and started er barking and d and carrying on , and one of the policemen did no more than thump it straight across the top of the head with a with a truncheon , and er and that was the end of the puppy . |
| 13 | For MCI , the new venture will do more than transform it into an international presence . |
| 14 | In front of them , about twenty yards away , he had seen a barbed-wire fence some three feet high which an old corporal told him had already cost a thousand lives of those who had done nothing more than erect it . |