Example sentences of "more than [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cricketers the world over , and England 's highly-respected umpires in particular , were stunned after the TCCB more than doubled Lamb 's original fine , which was already a maximum for a county committee to impose . |
| 2 | More than doubled what he 's got . |
| 3 | His prize money more than doubled Hendry 's seasonal earnings , which stood at £92,950 from the nine events leading up to his week 's work at the London venue . |
| 4 | And er we got the results now and er we more than doubled it . |
| 5 | The girl more than lived up to her mother 's recommendation of being ‘ good with the little ones ’ . |
| 6 | The early historical serials , typified by ‘ Marco Polo ’ , more than lived up to his expectations , drawing much critical praise from school teachers and parents as transmission stimulated children 's interest in the periods of history under view . |
| 7 | Both the food and the surroundings more than lived up to Luke 's predictions . |
| 8 | And environmental tidiness may cost the Pentagon more than had been planned . |
| 9 | The Act was welcomed by many old people because it gave them a regular income free from the taint of poor relief ; though many , rightly , criticized it for giving ‘ too little too late in life ’ , that little was more than had been given before . |
| 10 | So , after a time , she began to think — when he was so collectedly friendly — that she had imagined more than had really happened , or had imagined it all . |
| 11 | Listening to this astonishing exchange , Rachel more than prickled . |
| 12 | She was more than dispirited now , grudging the loss of that letter . |
| 13 | The total cost has been several million pounds more than budgeted . |
| 14 | And he bent his head so that his mouth was hidden in the folds of my skirt , and said so softly that I could hardly hear it , but I felt it more than heard it , through the red material , murmured against my leg : " I love you . " |
| 15 | Monastic worship shaped the religious feeling of early medieval society more than did any other single factor . |
| 16 | On going back downstairs in her working clothes to do the washing up , she felt a quiet pride : not only had she now achieved the status of a married woman , but she had also had a proper wedding with a cake and an attendant — which was more than did most girls of her class . |
| 17 | While switching towards Europe ( where 31 per cent of US direct investment was located in 1970 as compared to 15 per cent in 1955 ) from Latin America ( where the share fell from 38 per cent to 19 per cent ) and from mining and petroleum to manufacturing ( 32 per cent in 1950 , 41 per cent in 1970 ) , on average US overseas investment more than financed itself . |
| 18 | Between 1850 and 1914 population doubled , urban population tripled and national income more than tripled . |
| 19 | Between 1970 and 1986 the Ivory Coast , often regarded as one of Africa 's success stories , more than tripled its cereals imports , its external debt rose more than thirty-fold , and food production per capita barely kept up with population growth ( World Bank , 1988 , Tables ) . |
| 20 | He felt a measure of guilt for visiting Tyler 's Hard without Dysart 's knowledge , but the impetus of his curiosity more than overcame it . |