Example sentences of "take [adj] than a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The likes of Dr James Halden would n't take more than a passing interest in a common domestic servant . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , Falkirk will take more than a passing interest in two Premier Division matches tonight , and hoping that the Old Firm do them a favour by beating fellow strugglers Dundee and Motherwell . |
| 3 | It would take more than a sharp tongue to cut down Alexander Vass . |
| 4 | It will take more than a bloody hurricane to stop me . ’ |
| 5 | It 'll take more than a tender touch to help the victims of the oily sea . |
| 6 | This option was given to working wives in 1948 and withdrawn in 1978 but women who had already chosen to pay the reduced rate were allowed to continue , provided they did not take more than a two-year break from employment after 1978 . |
| 7 | ‘ From what I 've seen of Officer Hassan , it would take more than a missing golf-club to prise him away from his suicide theory . ’ |
| 8 | It will take more than a few scandal-mongers to sink him . |
| 9 | Thinking it had taken the old baggage long enough to show some concern , and it would take more than a few mumbled words to alter things . |
| 10 | But it 'll take more than a few bruises to soften him up . |
| 11 | ‘ It 'd take more than a few facts to convince Dudley Ford that he 's mistaken ! |
| 12 | It may take less than a tenth of a second , yet the fish do not bump into each other . |