Example sentences of "and [verb] [indef pn] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | She agreed to dance with him because , she says , she knew she had nothing in mind but to dance ( line 15 – 16 ) : i.e. from her point of view it was all innocent and involved nothing more serious than dancing . |
| 2 | If you 've a few grey hairs and want something more lasting try their colouring emulsion for grey hair which lasts two to three months . |
| 3 | If you do not wish to keep just goldfish and want something more ‘ exotic ’ , try Weather Loach , Bitterling , White Cloud Mountain Minnows , Paradise fish or Sunfish . |
| 4 | It comes with its own good reviews in the form of sleevenotes which make amusingly extravagant claims , including that it is a record about ‘ how you sometimes feel like the sky will peel away like a mask and reveal something more brilliant behind ’ , which may tell some of you not just a little of how this record sounds , but how it got to sound that way too . |
| 5 | I think they should try and do something more positive to curb that sort of thing . ’ |
| 6 | He is surrounded there by everything he loves ; he can walk for mile upon mile and meet nothing more taxing than the occasional sheep ; he can fish one of the best salmon rivers in Britain ; he can stalk deer , a sport he finds fascinating as well as challenging ; and he can paint . |
| 7 | The small yellow tablets coated in sugar and containing nothing more stimulating than a couple of stiff cups of coffee became the most bitter pill that Bud Johnson ever swallowed . |
| 8 | There were fears that it was intended to remove him and substitute someone more acquiescent . |
| 9 | Very cautiously , they opened the door , and saw nothing more alarming than poor Oliver , curled up in a sad little heap on the step . |
| 10 | She and her husband Edward , an insurance broker , had inherited the land and wanted something more spacious than their four-bed roomed London house . |
| 11 | You work here for an hour at either end of the day , sleep in this funny little store place I 've found you and during the day you can try and find something more normal . |
| 12 | ‘ Who wants to come and find something more exciting to throw in the water ? ’ he asked . |
| 13 | Where the boss 's response to a complaint might well be ‘ If you do n't like it you can always leave ’ , then sticking with a job you do not like implies that you lack the motivation to go and find something more satisfactory , or that you are incapable of finding anything better . |
| 14 | However , people often take umbrage and start disagreeing or , if you persist with difficulties , they may give up and go and find someone more positive to talk to . |