Example sentences of "i [verb] [be] more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wished I 'd been able to take a photograph of gaunt-face , but I 'd been more keen to listen . |
| 2 | Looking back I wish I 'd been more courageous . |
| 3 | From then on idle chit-chat returned and I made no attempt to direct things back to what I believed were more important matters . |
| 4 | Generally , this method , however , I believe is more useful for studying the human condition than an experimental approach which looks at behaviour as the result of manipulation of variables . |
| 5 | Thus , although I use the present tense , the physical organization of communities and the economic organization that I discuss are more relevant to the pre-1970 period . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I suppose that 's possible … but what I think is more possible … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What I think is more possible is that I 'm right . ’ |
| 8 | What I think is more debatable is how successfully the method can in practice avoid the following criticisms . |
| 9 | What I think is more important than the reactions of others . |
| 10 | What a racket did I keep and to say truth I would I had been more chary than I was … for a faithless wretch I met with : well , he has a deal to answer for . |
| 11 | I wished I had been more patient and stayed at the witchdoctor 's . |
| 12 | Soane concludes , ‘ I have been more anxious to produce utility in the plans than to display expensive architecture in the elevations ; the leading objects were to unite convenience and comfort in the interior distributions , and simplicity and uniformity in the exterior. , |
| 13 | I have been more concerned with what would happen to my business if Andrew switched his manufacturing orders to someone else . ’ |