Example sentences of "[adj] than he have been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The effort of giving Sam as much exercise as he wanted made Albert more fit than he had been for years .
2 Leslie was happier than he had been since joining the army .
3 He was happier than he had been during the seven bad years between 1976 and 1982 , still self-assured but now far more reasonable .
4 John was not universally popular with his new colleagues any more than he had been at the Wells ; his ambition aroused suspicion , scorn , envy or fear in some , and his sense of fun ( including a rather observant line in mimicry ) left barbs in some of its victims .
5 What especially pleases me is that we are extraordinarily popular and that Wolfgang is admired here even more than he has been in all the other towns of Italy ; the reason is that Bologna is the centre and dwelling-place of many masters , artists and scholars .
6 No doubt his physical closeness did n't help her to think clearly because he was more breathtakingly sexy than he had been as a young man .
7 In no time at all , he was faster than he had been in practice , something I have never seen since in a race by a leading driver .
8 He 's fitter and sharper than he has been at any stage of his career , and he 's now playing to his full potential .
9 The car heater kept him warmer than he had been since leaving Celia 's flat .
10 He was more frightened than he had been in all the time he had been with them , and he could tell that the girl was frightened too , by her quick , shallow breathing .
11 All that might have made Mr Kohl even more overbearing than he has been in recent weeks , to the dismay of West Germany 's allies and neighbours .
12 ‘ It seems to me that everyone thinks he 's ill merely because he is less rude and rather more bearable than he has been in the past , ’ the head said irritably .
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