Example sentences of "[indef pn] more [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lit the taper , twisted another dozen pages , lit one more and pushed the waistband of my trousers down to my knees . |
| 2 | It is now up to Ferguson to prove he is doing something more than repeating a cliched defence . |
| 3 | There has been much debate since the Judicature Acts as to whether they did something more than fuse the two systems at a procedural level , namely to change the substantive law . |
| 4 | Both must be considered useful for nothing more than maintaining a battery 's charge . |
| 5 | It takes a slippery road to make the Volvo wag its tail ; over-exuberance with the throttle otherwise does nothing more than make the inside rear wheel spin the power away . |
| 6 | When his father died he felt nothing and had done nothing more than take a day off for the funeral . |
| 7 | Perhaps he is a merry , convivial sort of fellow in private life , who likes nothing more than to crack a bottle of wine with his friends when there is no possibility of having to drive a motor-car afterwards . |
| 8 | D : A daring character who likes nothing more than to crack the whip and digs anything that has a bit of a history connected to it |
| 9 | ‘ I can wait for you , ’ she said huskily , and Claudia wanted nothing more than to leave a car that was rapidly becoming far too small for three . |
| 10 | For those who know how , doing yoga for half an hour in the morning , or meditating in a darkened room for ten minutes just before giving the speech will assist , or perhaps it will require nothing more than taking a deep breath before you speak . |
| 11 | Estimates that creating the Fsx would cost only ¥165 billion ( at 1985 prices ) were good for nothing more than selling the project to parliament which had to vote the money . |
| 12 | Plynus , in fact , has done nothing more than deliver a forged letter . |
| 13 | You can dish up lavish meals without doing anything more than popping a ready meal in the microwave . |