Example sentences of "had [vb pp] with more " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was doubly ironic for Coventry who in the previous few minutes had attacked with more conviction than at any time throughout the game . |
| 2 | He had got himself into a difficult position and had escaped with more luck than dignity . |
| 3 | There were a number of clues available to Robson : if West had still held the guarded queen of clubs he would almost certainly have kept and exited with his last spade ; if he had held both the king and queen of clubs he would have been equally likely to win the first club with the queen ; and , from what had happened so far , it looked as though West had started with more clubs than his partner . |
| 4 | Dunlop ( DUP ) started the election at Stage I fairly lowdown but was elected sixth in Stage Xl in front of Lindsay and Morrison ( both VUPP ) who had started with more votes than Dunlop . |
| 5 | It was made all the more infuriating by the fact that she had dressed with more than usual care , splashing out far more than she could afford on a red silk jersey creation from an expensive boutique . |
| 6 | It was a bigger race , she was on a better horse , maybe she had ridden with more coolness than usual thanks to the emergency prescription of Dr Cy McCray . |