Example sentences of "than [art] [det] word " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't quite know why , but he gave me the impression , without uttering more than a few words , that he had much more than superficial knowledge , and an amusing touch of the sardonic as well . |
| 2 | I never heard his wife or son exchange more than a few words with him . |
| 3 | Theda had been unable to exchange more than a few words with him , for she had been — on Araminta 's orders — busily engaged in packing up all Lady Merchiston 's things into trunks to be stored in the attics , and cleaning out her bedchamber . |
| 4 | questions with a predetermined answer of no more than a few words |
| 5 | This type of constructed response item consists of a question with a predetermined answer of no more than a few words . |
| 6 | There was something decidedly odd about the engineering master ; his manner was always friendly , but , in the six months he had been at the school , Robert had not exchanged more than a few words with the man . |
| 7 | If such phrases always fail to extend more than a few words , through failing to match the input , then we can afford to delay the interpretation without placing too much of a burden on higher level components . |