Example sentences of "than he [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days . |
| 2 | He felt better than he had for a while , with hard work aching in his bones and the knowledge that he had decided what he must do at last . |
| 3 | And , in spite of it , he felt closer to her than he had for months . |
| 4 | He felt closer to her than he had for years , as he tried to explain . |
| 5 | He felt happier than he had for a long time . |
| 6 | This is to prevent the offeror from acquiring more shares than he bid for under the partial offer , and shareholders in the target from receiving more favourable treatment from the offeror by selling in the market during the 12 months following the partial bid . |
| 7 | He found he had taken on more than he bargained for . |
| 8 | The American , or English , renegade in command , Stephen Manhant , got more than he bargained for . |
| 9 | The appalling summer weather meant Duncan had more to cope with than he bargained for — cold water , a swollen river and a lot of fallen branches , leaves and other debris . |
| 10 | CAMERAMAN Sean Colborn got more than he bargained for at a police auction — he bought a do-it-yourself BURGLARY kit . |
| 11 | He got more than he bargained for . ’ |
| 12 | Mick Papp got more than he bargained for when he stopped at Strathford 's garage in East Kilbride a few weeks ago . |
| 13 | ( But see Murphy v Culhane [ 1977 ] QB 94 for a case involving a criminal affray where the plaintiff got more than he bargained for and it was stated that the defence could apply . ) |
| 14 | Considerable care must be taken to ensure that the precise nature and scope of these liabilities is identified and that the purchaser does not acquire more than he bargained for . |
| 15 | One of them grabbed his pension book ; but the mugger got more than he bargained for , as Mr Cox tripped him up with his walking stick . |
| 16 | Yesterday the shares fell to 124p , 16p less than he paid for them . |
| 17 | He was forced to sell his Thames-side mansion at Bray , Berkshire , for £1.5million — £700,000 less than he paid for it in 1988 . |
| 18 | ‘ Which is very little more than he paid for it . |
| 19 | In the second case , however , compulsory acquisition at less than market price involves an actual loss since the owner is not only deprived of his property but is also compensated at a price which might be less than he paid for it and would almost certainly be insufficient to purchase a similar parcel of land in the open market . |
| 20 | But his bank wants their money back ; the business will be sold for less than he paid for it , and Peter will be left with debts running into six figures |
| 21 | He has done more theological ‘ homework ’ here than he did for some of his own religious books , and it shows , even though learning was never more lightly worn . |
| 22 | Something like resentment was beginning to swell in Cardiff ; a resentment that he was now doing as he was told by these newcomers — these newcomers who seemed to have more answers than he did for whatever in hell was going on here . |