Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] i have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Formation flying on the photographic Aztec was easier than I had expected considering the airframe 's sleekness and the early jet engines ' reputation for poor acceleration . |
| 2 | It was years later that I realised I really would have to tackle it , but I found it was much easier than I had expected . |
| 3 | ‘ It was much easier than I 'd expected though we had very good weather , sunny and dry all the way . |
| 4 | As I say , I could have destroyed you , or so I thought at the time , but you 've turned out to be a lot tougher than I had imagined … not vulnerable or confused at all . |
| 5 | The figure framed in the light was shorter than I had expected , thin and stooped ; he looked up at the sky and cursed a guttural curse , then started buttoning his fly . |
| 6 | Our conversation in your study turned out to be considerably shorter than I had anticipated . |
| 7 | I 'd 've been quicker if I 'd gone down into Brentwood , picked up the M twenty five and gone on the A one M |
| 8 | Tim said : ‘ It would have been easier if I had stolen the family silver , would n't it ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The other man 's grass is always greener and I had the opportunity when I was younger to work abroad . |
| 10 | Now of course it would depend very much on and whether you were in a drought situation as we were until last year or whether it 's like we 've been over this last summer and early winter which is that virtually not a day has passed without we 've had some rain , in which case obviously the roof is going to get cleaned up very much quicker but I have to say that although I 've always been under the impression that it 's not a good idea to save water off a new felt roof er because of deposits that come off the mineral felt . |
| 11 | In fact , in some ways it 's a lot easier because I 've only got myself to think of these days . |
| 12 | So er Body Shop do have a ran they 've bought a new range of aromatherapy out , so I can talk about Body Shop 's it 's easier when I 've got it with me here . |
| 13 | ‘ And it makes life easier when I have somebody alongside me . |
| 14 | And life was even tougher when I had to give up my job to care for Gran — ’ |
| 15 | I was going to be lazier than I had ever been in my life ! |
| 16 | I felt lower than I 'd ever felt before . |
| 17 | It 's simpler than I had thought . |
| 18 | Frankie dressed himself , and he looked smarter than I had ever seen him in his check suit , waistcoat and matching cap . |
| 19 | The cottage was bigger than I had expected . |
| 20 | Er a a and with a family row in in it as well you can imagine the work involved was a bit more than initially might have been expected and I got criticized because the bill was bigger than I had first estimated cos I did n't expect there 'd be trouble from the father . |
| 21 | The boar was much bigger than I 'd thought . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's bigger than I 'd imagined — but terribly isolated . |
| 23 | Unfortunately the pole was heavier than I had thought , I misjudged the angle and the thing came down on Dennis 's head . |
| 24 | I asked , my mouth stuffed full of lichen which was really much nicer than I 'd expected . |
| 25 | Innes McInnes was taller than I 'd expected , but then how tall should a millionaire be ? |
| 26 | He looked taller than I had imagined him : it was said that the platforms on which he stood always had an elevated section in the middle to raise him up . |
| 27 | The lumps are slowly getting bigger and I have a new one at the top of my leg , the size of a pullet 's egg . |
| 28 | ‘ The situation might be clearer when I 've finished . ’ |
| 29 | It was an unusually sultry afternoon , and Casualty on my return was emptier than I had yet seen it . |
| 30 | She nodded assent and as I turned to lead the way I thought that at close quarters she was probably younger than I 'd assumed , or else that she was older but immature : an odd impression , fleeting and gone . |