Example sentences of "than [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | More than once I have seen a hapless opponent reaching down to scoop a front kick that never comes , and getting caught on the undefended side of the head ! |
2 | Much later it struck me as odd that I experienced no superstitious fear or repugnance in the presence of a dead body , although I am so squeamish that more than once I have had to ask a neighbour to deal with a dead rabbit that one of the cats had brought in during the night . |
3 | But other than that I got the right . |
4 | ‘ I only know that there is more that I do not know than that I know , , I answered . |
5 | That 's actually all I want to say about the flipchart unless anybody 's any other comments I mean Jeff 's you 've obviously got a lot of experience in a do you feel there 's any anything further than that I know I 've covered it very briefly . |
6 | Well , did you did they tell you a little more than that I mean did they tell you that er Mr played cricket with him or something like that or or what ? |
7 | that , that , gives you enjoyment , I mean other than that I mean if it 's all pre-planned |
8 | Other than that I wish to make no claims upon you . ’ |
9 | ‘ I 'm not sure what to think , ’ Aubrey said doubtfully , ‘ other than that I hope I am wrong . |
10 | Any more than that I wasted five minutes reading his articles ? |
11 | Other than that I 've got nothing to do . |
12 | I know it 's a bit of tenuous link but there we are — other than that I 've no great claims to knowing any Leeds players |
13 | But other than that I do n't really give a shit . ’ |
14 | ‘ More than that I do n't have to tell you . |
15 | But other than that I do n't think , women did n't do much I mean even in shops , the men were the shop assistants nearly always . |
16 | Other than that I do disagree with what Juliette was saying . |
17 | The other point I would make is the further that the new settlement is from York itself , then the greater would be the dependency upon the motor car , this has been born out by the paper that has been submitted by York City Council in table one where one can see that within the urban area within the O R R the travel to work by car is forty six point four percent , travel to work in the Greater York area at the moment is sixty seven point five percent , further than that I do believe it would be even greater . |
18 | circulate paper from erm a new motion in terms of the environment motions erm defers more than that I do n't really say |
19 | Other than that I do n't usually break it . |
20 | it would n't be any thicker than that I do n't suppose , but I mean I would n't know |
21 | Earlier than that I have a problem and it is my problem ; if you look at the 500 or so records I have produced there is quite a small percentage either on original instruments or of pre-Classical music . |
22 | ‘ I do n't think I have much else to prove … other than that I want to be the best player in the world . |
23 | Other than that I want to make just three comments on three important issues which have been raised . |
24 | I wanted to light a cigarette , but more than that I wanted not to distract him ; his reaching back . |
25 | More than that I believe that what is right needs to be said . |
26 | No erm it 's , it 's more recent than that I think in nineteen fifty the election was on a Tuesday . |
27 | Sometime ago right so you may catch this , and you 're from slightly further north than that I think ? |
28 | Yeah , no it 's a bit more than that I think it 's a bit of a case of please help her with her maths sheets . |
29 | Oh , they have more than that I think . |
30 | And having noticed that there is nothing whatever in this ‘ I think , therefore I am ’ which assures me that I say the truth , other than that I see very clearly [ je vois très clairement ] that to think it is necessary to be , I judged that I could take it as a general rule that the things which we conceive very clearly and very distinctly [ que nous concevons fort clairement et fort distinctement ] are all true … |