Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was more than a little put out . |
| 2 | Well , I was more than a little crazy in those days . |
| 3 | They went to cabin 10 that night ; Jane because nothing would have kept her away ; Lucinda because she had nothing better to do ; and Vi reluctantly , because someone had to keep an eye on Lilith and her peculiar ways and maybe , though the eldest of the trio would never have admitted it , because she was more than a little curious about the birthday message . |
| 4 | To them she was more than a mass of steel and wood ; she had moods and feelings which they understood and to which they fitted their own . |
| 5 | She was more than a wee bit confused . |
| 6 | These days she was more than a match for his bullying ! |
| 7 | She was more than a little astounded , however , that , as Naylor stood facing her in the hall of her home , she should suddenly feel breathless and find that she was extending that courtesy even further . |
| 8 | Rory put in mildly , though in truth she was more than a little disturbed by what she was hearing . |
| 9 | ‘ Trumper , Private 7312087 , reporting as ordered , sir , ’ he bellowed , despite neither of them being more than a yard away from Captain Trentham . |
| 10 | We pay thirty five percent if it 's more than a hundred miles away from home . |
| 11 | But it 's not for sale at any price — it 's more than a hundred years old , and was snapped up for a thousand pounds at auction . |
| 12 | If it 's less than a hundred it 's smaller if it 's more than a hundred it 's greater . |
| 13 | It 's it 's more than a hundred miles from us . |
| 14 | It 's more than a hundred pounds I bet . |
| 15 | Other news now , and it 's more than a thousand days since Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza strip began the Intifada or uprising which has cost hundreds of Arab lives . |
| 16 | I was obsessed by new clothes to the extent that I 'd lost interest in something if it was more than a few hours old . |
| 17 | It was more than a conscious and detailed decision : it was like a force of nature . |
| 18 | But it was more than a growl . |
| 19 | It was more than a legal victory for Taylor when the judge told the skinhead that it was only his brief 's eloquence that had saved him from prison . |
| 20 | But it was more than a shock when Julian admitted to Peter that he had been running up huge debts with their bank . |
| 21 | ( It was more than a decade before Chantler 's ideas were fully accepted even within the Ministry . ) |
| 22 | But the relations that developed were much more than simply instrumental ; when families did survive it was more than a product of what Stone called , for an earlier period , ‘ psychic numbing ’ . |
| 23 | No , it was more than a feeling — she knew he was lying . |
| 24 | For Nkrumah it was more than a nuisance because influential elements in Ghana were acutely sensitive to British comment . |
| 25 | Achimota was organised on the lines of a British public school with the boarders grouped in ‘ houses ’ which were supposed to inculcate the team spirit : however , it was more than a boarding school . |
| 26 | She 'd offered to lend him the money to have the bike fixed , and when he accepted she said , ‘ I 've broken something precious , have n't I ? ’ and knelt in the street among the bits of glass , looking up at him as if she understood it was more than a lamp she had smashed . |
| 27 | It was more than a kilometre around the islands from the lighthouse to the ship , and every wave , every rock was different and dangerous . |
| 28 | It was more than a matter of dress and style . |
| 29 | It was more than a simple indication of wants , because with a little prodding Bobo was starting to make sentences with a logical construction to them . |
| 30 | It was more than a week before the stable-yard here had dried out . |