Example sentences of "he [verb] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Ralph of Diss searched back through ancient and modern history for parallels to the revolt of 1173–4 he found more than thirty examples of sons rebelling against their parents , including some from the recent history of both Anjou and Poitou , but he cites no case of a Queen rebelling against her husband . |
| 2 | For 20 years it has been an offence for anyone to drive a motor vehicle if he has more than 80mg of alcohol in ever 100ml of blood . |
| 3 | He has more than £50m wrapped up in the concern , via his 35% share stake , and needs to protect it . |
| 4 | He analysed more than 100 responses to a television programme Help asking for experiences of residential care . |
| 5 | He needs more than one victory to win confidence in a town that has never much loved him ; and he can not afford even one more tiny slip if he is not to convince Washington that Mr Perot 's cruel judgment of his talents was right . |
| 6 | Cos she was something one night , well said yeah that she wants more than , he wants more than two . |
| 7 | ‘ Since we last fought in 1987 I can report that Darlington is in better shape , ’ he told more than 100 members of the Darlington Conservative Association at his adoption meeting . |
| 8 | At the time of the Westerfield poisonings he had sometimes been a difficult man to agree with , and he 'd more than once annoyed her by his attitude . |
| 9 | He drove more than 12,000 miles in competition on the track , and raced against 240 of the 596 drivers who had ever entered the event . |
| 10 | In the aftermath of the trial , the Sun 's report mentioned that the dead man had ‘ boasted that he turned more than SIXTY young mums into his personal sex slaves ’ . |
| 11 | In all first-class cricket he had 2,784 victims ( average 18.16 ) , taking a hundred wickets in no less than fourteen seasons , including three times when he captured more than 200 wickets . |
| 12 | BOXER Frank Bruno said he would ‘ pull no punches ’ in his campaign to help underprivileged young people when he joined more than 400 youngsters being given a new chance in life by the Prince 's Trust at a special promotion in Ayr yesterday . |
| 13 | It is possible to argue that he wrote in the proportion to which each location claimed or received his spans of time and attention — and as he spent more than twice the length of time out on the islands as he did getting there , the greater part of his book addresses the west . |
| 14 | He spent more than 40 hours constructing a wooden last and fashioning a brown leather shoe that measured up in terms of style and fit . |
| 15 | He spent more than ten days in the neurology unit at Glasgow 's Southern General before being allowed home . |
| 16 | Later , he spent more than one hour with the Prime Minister and afterwards a bland joint communique was issued . |
| 17 | He addressed more than 100 businessmen studying for a Master of Arts Business Administration exam . |
| 18 | Colin Parry 's voice frequently choked with emotion as he addressed more than 400 mourners packed into St Mary 's Church , Great Sankey , near Warrington , Cheshire , for football-mad Tim 's funeral service . |
| 19 | A much loved man and most loyal of Tonbridgians , he served more than 50 years on the OF Committee . |
| 20 | The annual budget went from $8.5 to $31 million , and he raised more than $200 million for expansions and capital improvements , such as the Anderson Building , the Pavilion for Japanese Art , and the Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies . |
| 21 | My Lord , erm those are , those are my submissions my Lord , I was going to say something about my learned friends somewhat unusual request to your Lordship to make disparaging comments in judgment about the defendants case , my learned friend wishes to make disparaging comments we save a proper place for those in his submissions when he comes to apply to strike out , or say anything about that , erm , my Lord erm perhaps erm as a , as a final point , erm Mr Bernard after having reviewed a piano recital once wrote , the only thing he enjoyed more than this directive performance was having his teeth pulled , I think your Lordship has not found that the last five and a half days are equally an under defended experience in relation to , to this mornings sir activity |
| 22 | Steve 's left ear was half-severed and he required more than 250 stitches in a 5-hour operation . |
| 23 | In 40 years , he flew more than 100 aircraft , including Concorde . |
| 24 | Last time round he took more than forty six per cent of the poll — almost 4,000 votes ahead of the SDP 's highly-active candidate Chris Huhne . |
| 25 | He thought more than once of Antwerp as a possible bolt-hole . |
| 26 | He won more than 1,000 cups and prizes as an amateur , setting records ranging from 1,000 yards to 12 miles . |
| 27 | Yeah I bet , I bet he bought more than that |
| 28 | Well he did more than er cut it . |
| 29 | But he did more than choke if he , if he inhaled erm , lime |
| 30 | That is , he voted more than once , as was quite common among the people he was studying ( Whyte 1955 ) . |