Example sentences of "he more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Painfully — for no work cost him more or perhaps as much as this one — Dostoevsky came to see that The Possessed was n't a sideshow . |
| 2 | But before we jump to the conclusion that Pound had simply had a brainstorm , or had been trapped by misplaced compassion for Dunning as a lame duck , we ought to consider another possibility — that imagism , and Pound 's endorsement of Ford 's insistence on ‘ the prose tradition ’ , had never been for him more than an aberration , though in the short term a very profitable one , from a way of feeling that impelled him always toward the cantabile , a proclivity that would , in the interests of melody , tolerate notably eccentric diction . |
| 3 | Edward York makes him more of a Friar Larry , Romeo 's dishevelled contemporary , one of the lads who has unaccountably found himself a Franciscan . |
| 4 | Yet somehow it brought him more explaining to do . |
| 5 | Just as Harry was preparing to aim a kick at this driver where it might hurt , the man offered him more milk , saying that he was a Frenchman doing forced labour and had recognised Harry 's RAF uniform — by now extremely unsuitable for pay parade ! |
| 6 | It had been splendidly undemanding ; because of his family , she did not see him more than a few times a month , always meetings snatched at short notice and with absolutely no expectation from him that she would be available . |
| 7 | At last , out of the silence , Moran noticed McQuaid 's glass was empty and attempted to pour him more whiskey . |
| 8 | He hinted at the unlikelihood of Jack Pertwee 's being married that day and was inwardly amused to observe that this piece of information — the fact that Carter would be deprived of his cold chicken and champagne — distressed him more than Hatton 's death . |
| 9 | At £110 Alfonzo is beyond most piggy-banks , so look on him more as an investment than a bedfellow . |
| 10 | She has made him more of an Expressionist than he really was but she has realised an essential truth : that Heartbreak House is a deeply poetic play about the death of liberal hopes and the cracking-apart of a civilisation . |
| 11 | He believed if only his parents had given him more confidence and the right backing , he would have made a very good male model . |
| 12 | ‘ I never felt that Jesus was a friend and I do n't think that I really ever loved him before this half but now he seems always near to me and I like to think of Him more than I ever did before Mama 's dying so suddenly and unexpectedly made a great impression on me … ’ |
| 13 | They started to give him more advice . |
| 14 | Mungo held it higher , like an offering , willing it to tell him more . |
| 15 | What did he do for these other people and do they actually miss him more than they do themselves ? |
| 16 | It is an aspect of Karajan 's work and influence that makes him more the forebear of Simon Rattle than the successor of Arthur Nikisch . |
| 17 | For to choose a man on the ground that you agree with him more than his rivals is quite clearly to choose a representative ; moreover , the set of people who agree with a candidate comes to look very like a party as soon as they concert their actions . |
| 18 | Then he knows that they fear him more than dishonour . |
| 19 | While political consistency can be over-rated as a virtue — Ted Heath being an example of what happens to a politician whose mind remains fixed while the world moves by him — the rapidity with which Kinnock changed position may have damaged him more than his supporters thought it would . |
| 20 | So I give him more arms and he says he does n't need to make concessions because Israel is strong . ’ |
| 21 | Alex talked to him more than I did . |
| 22 | This was a new Lachlan for most of the men — quieter , grim but not violent ; and his efficiency and drive won him more respect than ever his temper had done . |
| 23 | We begin to ask him for more of his love to love him more . |
| 24 | I ca n't remember Nick 's exact words but Ray 's comment inspired him more than upset him . |
| 25 | With the beginning of the 1947–8 season , John was transferred to the Sadler 's Wells Ballet at Covent Garden to give him more chances to work as a dancer with experienced choreographers . |
| 26 | The route of divorce may ultimately be open to him , but to give him more may , in the context of this argument , be unfair . |
| 27 | At times I would give him more sedation than other times because of the course of the illness . |
| 28 | Few find him more than adequate and even fewer describe him as good or even satisfactory . |
| 29 | It gave him more time to devote to music and allowed him to pour his suffocating feelings of negativity into songs . |
| 30 | ‘ They were very close friends and I think she hurt him more than anyone else ever could , ’ she says . |