Example sentences of "taller than " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was only a little taller than he . |
| 2 | She was no taller than I was and she wore a grey thing that looked like a schoolgirl 's dress . |
| 3 | This may prove difficult if your opponent is much taller than you . |
| 4 | When I put my front paws on my lady 's shoulders , I was about a foot taller than her . |
| 5 | It was a scary journey , scrabbling over that slippery great red tongue and passing through a great hall of teeth and palate , each pillar taller than she was and as sharp as a knife . |
| 6 | She seldom remembered that Phoebe was actually taller than she was . |
| 7 | He 's much taller than the woman , and she sort of hangs from his neck when they kiss , stretching up on tiptoe to reach him . |
| 8 | And he quotes John Mortimer 's kinder phrase from Voyage Round My Father about ‘ the step into the sunlight when no one is taller than you . ’ |
| 9 | The only thing I did not like about her was the flat ballerina-style slippers she always wore , to reduce her height I think , because she was taller than you . |
| 10 | Wearing only pyjama bottoms , he seemed not much taller than Mungo , but his chest and shoulders were immensely strong , like those of a boxer . |
| 11 | He is also an inch or two taller than I am , Not even the most stupid policeman in the land could possibly mistake him for me in an identity parade , but I suppose I am being too optimistic in assuming that literary critics are likely to be more intelligent or perceptive than an ignorant cop . |
| 12 | Even though the other girl was a head taller than she was , she was far too docile and forgiving to be much fun bullying . |
| 13 | Alokut ( sic ) , the younger of the two , was even taller than his brother , as graceful and supple as a cougar . |
| 14 | Close to the mill is a large and attractive half-timbered mill house , which is still inhabited , as well as a substantial dove cote , dated 1741 , which stands taller than the mill itself . |
| 15 | 28 Vlaminck was a bulky man , taller than Modi , and the overcoat would not have fitted him . |
| 16 | Joseph Weston , at 23 , was some two″ taller than his brother , fair haired , smooth complexioned with a genteel bearing and a refined attitude . |
| 17 | In 1987 , I would be here in rue Trablos again to find that the grass had formed a miniature jungle , that the bushes had become trees that sometimes grew taller than the ruins , small groves and forests of dark , luxuriant foliage moving gently in the hot breeze . |
| 18 | She was also slightly taller than himself . |
| 19 | By contrast Jack and Alison were brilliant figures , taller than the others , and upright , whereas the other four crouched a little and bent their heads . |
| 20 | She was tall , tall enough to meet Fergus Wolff 's eyes on the level , much taller than Roland . |
| 21 | The second was a glass dome , the size of a man , and a little taller than our hero . |
| 22 | ‘ Is he taller than you ? ’ she demanded the next morning as they awkwardly shared the small mirror intended to discourage the girls from vanity . |
| 23 | The child was soon going to be taller than she was . |
| 24 | Tina , at twelve , was already taller than Jo , and slender , and a natural blonde like her mother , with that cute nose and deep blue eyes edged with dark lashes ; Tina looked fantastic in whatever she wore , particularly jeans or a tennis skirt . |
| 25 | Sizes range enormously from a towed compressor to a portable unit not much taller than a litre bottle with the former capable of delivering 3000 psi from a 3 phase supply . |
| 26 | Since men are usually a bit taller than their female partners , it 's easier if the man can stand so that he 's a little lower than his partner . |
| 27 | A good four inches taller than his companion , he bent down to speak to her . |
| 28 | They are happy rooting around for Fly Agaric toadstools in a farmer 's back garden until he sets the dogs on them , and would be miserable if you dragged them up anything taller than a caravan . |
| 29 | It is ironic that early in this century the ubiquitous ranchbred Hereford of the western USA became too small in the bone and Beef Shorthorns were imported from Scotland to boost the Hereford 's size , whereas in the second half of the century the American Herefords have become much taller than those in Britain and are being re-imported to boost the height of the native herds . |
| 30 | The second shock was when the biggest boy in the class — he was nearly a head taller than me and considerably heavier — Jack Truckle would not stop talking . |