Example sentences of "than they [vb past] [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two of them , closer in death than they 'd ever been in life . |
| 2 | They needed British and West European support more than they had previously been prepared to admit . |
| 3 | In the course of the 1950s , the first signs appeared that the tactics used by Franco since 1936 to stay in power — repression , appeals for unity , apocalyptic visions of Republican " chaos " , and himself as arbiter among fractious regime forces — were less effective than they had previously been . |
| 4 | The bonds linking the brothers ended up stronger than they had ever been . |
| 5 | For a while my self-loathing and judgement of self went deeper than they had ever been in my life . |
| 6 | They were nearer tonight than they had ever been . |
| 7 | She realized she was down from the morph-plus , and that her senses were sharper than they had ever been before . |
| 8 | Nominating procedures were now more open and participatory than they had ever been before . |
| 9 | In consequence the Crown estates were by the time of his death probably larger than they had ever been before . |
| 10 | Franco-Scottish ties were stronger than they had ever been . |
| 11 | There were hints that they too saw signs in our future ; in second year our history teacher told us that things were easier now for Catholics than they had ever been , that we could have a place in the world , that there was even a chance that a Catholic would be President of the United States after the next election . |
| 12 | Richard and Beth were hers at last , the family she had been cruelly denied ; because of love , and guilt and shame , they were closer now than they had ever been . |
| 13 | He went on to repeat the Prime Minister 's bland assurance that , far from experiencing poverty , most students were better off than they had ever been before . |
| 14 | It 's a complete turnaround from last year when reserves were lower than they had ever been recorded , standpipes were in the streets , and some rivers had run dry , notably at Bourton on the Water . |
| 15 | In the debate Lord Holland recognised the dread among the upper classes that the lower orders might be seduced by subversive principles , " particularly afloat at this moment " , but also considered that some masters were taking advantage of this moment to " enforce their views and render their workmen more dependent than they had hitherto been and than in all fairness and equity they ought to be " . |