Example sentences of "more than i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not a child to be frightened by a resolution of a board of directors , or to be soothed by the present of shares ( each carrying 10 liability ) in a company which has been losing money every year from its commencement , and which nothing short of a miracle could make pay a dividend as hitherto managed ; neither is my position in Scientific Circles here such as to render my retaining the editorship of any advantage to me — indeed , I am vain enough to think that I confer more than I receive . |
| 2 | Though why I should care , when you left us like you did , is more than I know . ’ |
| 3 | But you know , it 's more than I know . |
| 4 | Much more than I 've ever seen anybody . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've hurt you badly , Claudia , but no more than I 've hurt myself . |
| 6 | And he says it 's more than I 've given the others because they did have an increase . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's more than I 've got for Strasbourg , ’ he admitted . |
| 8 | More than enough my girl , that 's a , more than I 've got . |
| 9 | That 's more than I 've got ! |
| 10 | It 's more than I 've got . |
| 11 | and er I waste more than I eat because I , I do n't know why I get it , do ya know what I do ? |
| 12 | It is more than I bargain for to recall the names of my own … family . ’ |
| 13 | Having said this , let me try to make clear what I do not mean to be claiming in this section , lest I be taken to be arguing for more than I intend to be . |
| 14 | You do n't like me any more than I like you , but we do n't have to be constantly at war . ’ |
| 15 | The former schoolteacher said : ‘ I do n't take the mickey out of the contestants any more than I take it out of myself . |
| 16 | ‘ More than I approve of most of what I see down here . |
| 17 | I often think I miss not having someone with whom to share the joys of Dickie , far more than I miss having someone with whom to share my worries . |
| 18 | I 'm afraid my intentions do n't always match my actions , but I assure you I do think of you far , far more than I put pen to paper ! |
| 19 | Oh , he was earning more than I get but I was worse off then than I am now . |
| 20 | Neither of us , it would seem , is much of a leg man , but I suppose I could do with a bit more than I get . |
| 21 | I 'm very much cap-in-hand when people come — they may know more than I do . |
| 22 | She does n't know any more than I do . |
| 23 | She will not hear of it and tells him the summer will restore her to her full strength , a story you have heard before and will not believe any more than I do . |
| 24 | Better still , he loves my children even more than I do and wants what is best for them . |
| 25 | People in prison get to shower more than I do . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ There 's no-one in the world that thinks more than I do about every goddam f—ing thing that happens with us . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Of course , you talk more than I do because you 've 'ad more education than me . ’ |
| 28 | Obviously , my strokes are n't as good as hers , or Seles ' , or Graf 's because they play a lot more than I do . |
| 29 | ‘ I could n't love him more than I do , ’ she replied . |
| 30 | Now I find every other man on this ship knows more than I do . |