Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] than me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doctor 's obviously a more frugal character than me because he had this room and the radiator was turned off . |
| 2 | Well , er , equity accounting , James is better placed to answer that question than me . |
| 3 | bigger nose than me . |
| 4 | They 'd have much bigger guns than me , and be authorised to use them . |
| 5 | It 's been tried before by bigger names than me |
| 6 | There 's heavier people than me that ride , jump jockeys are nearly as heavy as me that ride . |
| 7 | You must 've got an extra sheet than me because one of the things I was moaning about this morning erm , maybe you 've got a different |
| 8 | ‘ You could n't find a more ordinary chap than me . ’ |
| 9 | She had her eyes set on a bigger catch than me . ’ |
| 10 | He 's more right wing than me , he 's a very far , he 's a good socialist , he 's a very fair man . |
| 11 | The nomes exchanged meaningful glances , and the kind of meaning they were full of was : She 's fooling herself , but it 'd take a braver nome than me to tell her . |
| 12 | If there 's a younger referee than me it 'll prove that someone has got real guts . |
| 13 | I 'd like to say he 's a better finisher than me , but of course that would be a lie ! |
| 14 | It 's Beethoven 's Ode to Joy , the the last movement of Beethoven 's ninth symphony , erm , you 'd know the tune , you 'd recognise it , particularly if you had a better singer than me on as a accompaniment . |
| 15 | But you 're making a mistake if you think you 'll ever be a better man than me . |
| 16 | Well not really material just got better taste than me |
| 17 | He had planned the whole scheme and ought to have a better idea than me of what was going to happen . |
| 18 | I think probably the County Council are in a better position than me er to advise you as to whether that thirty one thousand commitment figure is true of not , but if it were the case , then I think , Yes I would agree that erm the train would stop very quickly , and in view of the situation that we 're now in , there would have to be a degree of future flexibility to allow for phased reduction in development over future years . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , but she has a better memory than me , even . |
| 20 | all and you do a lot more cooking than me , I know they 've got some really good |
| 21 | Oh two or three years before , only it turned out , after a time , that the men were earning more money than me because I , the bonus , you understand , it was a good thing for the firm , it was a good thing for the men . |
| 22 | It was a bad thing for me , strictly speaking , because the men became as they was earning more money than me and this is complete fact . |
| 23 | But I suppose you 've got more complicated setups than me ? |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm just pleased I had the idea and that anglers with a lot more skill than me are showing what can be done with it , ’ he said modestly . |
| 25 | In fact , the work we have done together has always been very harmonious — although I imagine if we were in a sit-com at the same time we could get a bit waspish — ‘ She 's got more lines than me … but it 's never happened so far . |
| 26 | But , I have Bedgey look to be honest right he do more compiling than me . |
| 27 | The dog got more attention than me ! |
| 28 | ‘ Of course , you talk more than I do because you 've 'ad more education than me . ’ |
| 29 | Your son 's got more sense than me , look I 've put a coat on I 'm sitting here sweating |
| 30 | Her only aim in life is to produce more children than me , and to keep Jacob from growing to love me . |