Example sentences of "and [adj] than [pron] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , everything was much less traumatic and emotional than I 'd expected , probably because I 'm pretty hard on myself anyway . |
| 2 | Admittedly , the tsar issued more threats and undertook more fighting in 1848 and 1849 than he had done when Europe last fell prey to upheavals in 1830 . |
| 3 | Therese 's voice , in a theatre , was even bigger , more fluent and lyrical than he had hoped . |
| 4 | from a standing position the bathroom was even colder and smellier than it had looked before . |
| 5 | Many may have discovered that the trouble-free lifestyle they had planned has turned out to be a good bit less well-regulated and tidy than they had expected or intended it to be . |
| 6 | Robinson had learnt all that he wanted to know and more than he cared to hear . |
| 7 | But I found Eliot quieter and calmer than I had done recently , when he had begun to sign letters ‘ in haste ’ . |
| 8 | You had changed her mourning into joy , a joy much richer than she had wanted and much dearer and purer than she had looked for . |