Example sentences of "than anyone [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while the eighties saw fewer closures and many more reopenings than anyone could reasonably have hoped , it ended with thunder clouds of uncertainty about management style , privatisation , how to solve overcrowding , the Channel Tunnel . |
| 2 | We know much more than anyone could possibly want to know about Bill and Hillary 's sex life er than we do er about prospects for economic recovery and this has happened to successive American presidents and it happens in part because in the U S the president and his family , and it has been a his so far , the president and his family take the part , not only the part played in England by the prime minister , but also the part played by the monarchy . |
| 3 | And , by the end of her life , her long sight had grown longer than anyone could possibly have expected . |
| 4 | It achieved its objectives more swiftly and with less bloodshed than anyone could possibly have imagined . |
| 5 | ‘ Your Honour , I 'm more ashamed than anyone could ever imagine . |