Example sentences of "than you 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible for these to ‘ run away from you ’ , and they can do more damage than you 'd imagine . |
| 2 | ‘ Look : I ca n't say this strictly , as a scientist , but it is my feeling that a bonfire , grilling a kipper or lighting a cigarette all release greater concentrations of dioxins than you 'd be likely to find at the end of the pipe of a properly run high-temperature incinerator . ’ |
| 3 | This may sound like standard Sunday Sport fare , but some people sincerely believe it , and more than you 'd think — the UFO business can be very big business indeed |
| 4 | She 'd caught another one there on the spot , quicker than you 'd catch a cold . |
| 5 | More than you 'd normally get here in three months . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Technically , the shots are much simpler than you 'd think . |
| 7 | That dratted child never seemed to hurry , but slipped along like a cloud shadow , faster than you 'd expect . |
| 8 | That ‘ I knew the moment I saw him ’ ? ( people do say that about their men , more often than you 'd think ) . |
| 9 | There were two people aboard — Greg Martin , the owner , a financier with a finger in more pies than you 'd care to name , and a woman , Paula Varna , wife of Hugo Varna the fashion designer . |
| 10 | If a guitar is substantially heavier or lighter than you 'd expect , of course we 'll say so , but how many people even know the weight of their own guitars ; I do n't , and I bet you do n't either . |
| 11 | Using the pickup selector set between middle and bridge the two pickups blend very well , and although the sound in this position is usually the weakest , on the EG-1 it 's stronger than you 'd expect and balances favourably with the other positions . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's bigger than you 'd think . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If you have money to spare , it makes sense to pay these off first because they cost much more than you 'd earn from savings . |
| 14 | Time Zone also normalises your skin so it can resist forming lines and wrinkles for years longer than you 'd expect . |
| 15 | The stitching is well finished and the Safari is a good quality shirt — but no more than you 'd expect for the price . |
| 16 | The great thing about families is that they keep your feet firmly on the ground — sometimes more firmly than you 'd like . |
| 17 | Where there was a danger in the past of them getting tagged as the Talulah Gosh it 's OK to laugh with , the Popinjays have packed away their school recorders and become grander , more articulate and sexy than you 'd have ever guessed before . |
| 18 | But I 'm always reminded of a large bomber aircraft coming in to land , moving very much more slowly than you 'd expect for something of its size . |
| 19 | Uncashed cheques can be cancelled , but not without your bank or building society making a hefty charge — make sure you 're not paying more in charges than you 'd lose if your cheque was cashed ! |
| 20 | Pop and plainchant , Otis Redding and O'Riada , ‘ Walk On The Wild Side ’ and ‘ Faith Of Our Fathers ’ — an average Pierce Turner album features more couplings than you 'd find at a business executive conference in Bangkok . |
| 21 | When you 've lived on subsistence for two years what do you do when your shoes wear out , when you get a £100 fuel bill , when the washing machine breaks down , when a pair of children 's shoes cost you more than you 'd spend on your own ? |
| 22 | I 've fought in more battles than you 'd be likely to believe . ’ |
| 23 | Particularly impressive was its handling of greyscales — it displayed more subtlety than you 'd expect . |
| 24 | Maybe your man is about to leave you and finds you less lovable than you 'd like . |
| 25 | Nothing more than you 'd get with any married couple . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's more than you 'd dare , Deveraugh , ’ she threw at him from the relative safety of the riverbank , and he laughed softly , the sound of it filling her ears as she sped across the grass . |
| 27 | After you 've loaded your network drivers ( which are memory hungry ) , ANSI.SYS , SMARTDRV.SYS , RAMDRV.SYS , MOUSE.COM , EGA.SYS , EMM386.EXE , CD ROM drivers , Sound card drivers and a few other bits and bobs , not to mention your memory resident anti-virus software , you can find yourself getting the ‘ not enough memory to run xxxxxx.exe ’ rather more often than you 'd like . |
| 28 | He held my gaze for just a fraction longer than you 'd expect , and I was certain then that underneath his professional front he was interested in me . |
| 29 | ‘ It happens , Mrs T , more than you 'd think . ’ |
| 30 | They also do n't like wind rock so in a , an exposed position young plants do really need more staking than you 'd probably give a bush because they tend to rot off at the roots if they grow around a lot . |