Example sentences of "than he had [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Painted straight onto the walls , this commission took far more of the artist 's time than he had bargained for , and Lutyens had to be firm with his friend to make him finish it . |
| 2 | City-dweller Moiphebi Nkuebe goes to visit a witchdoctor — and brings home rather more than he had bargained for . |
| 3 | He did not compromise easily , but was willing to accept less than he had hoped for rather than to make no gain at all . |
| 4 | In the end , de Gaulle 's margin of victory in the referendum of 28 October 1962 was less impressive than he had hoped for : only sixty-two per cent of those who voted approved the change . |
| 5 | At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time . |
| 6 | Close to , he looked less mad than he had done for ages ; just drawn , pale , weary . |
| 7 | He went home feeling better than he had done for some time but he died suddenly during sleep 3 days later , presumably from a breakthrough cardiac arrythmia . |