Example sentences of "than [pron] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then there are those than whom I would rather have mice , and into this latter category fall the Molesworths . ’ |
| 2 | He was on his way out and he met someone even more inexperienced than him who 'd just come in . |
| 3 | The wines were probably better than anything we shall ever drink again in England , and served in the proper manner . |
| 4 | a celestial policeman ; 2. an absentee landlord ; 3. a magician ; 4. a being greater than anything we can possibly think of ; 5. an old man on a cloud ; 6. light which gives life ; 7. the conclusion of a mathematical theorem ; 8. the chairman of a rather boring harp-playing assembly ; 9. a presence who is loving and just ; 10. a crutch for people who ca n't cope ; 11. an all-powerful dictator ; 12. a character in a fairy-story ; 13. a power that is either evil or indifferent to suffering ; 14. a heavenly Santa Claus ; 15. a king who is just and holy ; 16. electricity which is invisible and powerful , useful but dangerous ; 17. a slot-machine whom you can approach with a coin and get out what you want ; 18. the ground without which nothing in this world could exist . |
| 5 | It was all so much better than anything she could possibly have envisaged . |
| 6 | The stench which rose from below , to where Ruth stood at the top of the hatchway , was worse than anything she could ever have imagined . |
| 7 | But negative numbers are more weird than anything you 'll ever meet in maths . |
| 8 | It sat upon an ancient heathen site , a site far darker than anything I could ever have conceived and it instantly became part of my well of strength . |
| 9 | He had never forgotten the day in the bide shed when Nutty had told him the horses were going back to the knacker 's , and the fearful panic that had exploded inside him , worse than any brushes with the police or his father , worse than anything he could ever remember . |