Example sentences of "than [pron] [modal v] ever [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now she is more independent than I would ever have believed possible . |
| 2 | " You 've got some weight coming and that 's more than I shall ever have . " |
| 3 | I 've had more shooting practice out here in the fields with Davide than I 'll ever have in Caserta ! |
| 4 | But in this one you 're right and that makes me right too without having to decide just why I 'm doing this and perhaps doing more than I 'll ever get around to telling you . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're a much better actress than I 'd ever have given you credit for , Aurora . |
| 6 | True humility is realizing that God can make a much better job of my life than I could ever do by myself . |
| 7 | So I did n't even raise an objection when she insisted on touring the Story of Vadinamia museum , which included a lengthier account of the planet 's development than I could ever want — plus an equally detailed , and gruesome , study of life and death on the planets surface , |
| 8 | This summer , I visited the Art Materials Exhibition and , to my surprise , I learnt more from watching paintings in action than I could ever have learnt from the so-called Teach Yourself books . |
| 9 | The Fat Controller looked more at home in this context than I could ever imagine him to have been at Cliff Top , or anywhere else for that matter . |
| 10 | It is more sad and dispiriting than I could ever begin to explain and you would ever believe . |
| 11 | Like I was saying to one of the men in the section who has n't been that co-operative , like , I 'm only here for a year and you all know more than I will ever know about policing . |
| 12 | You ca n't know that any more than I can ever know what it 's like giving birth to a child . |
| 13 | A group of men and women are coming together to re-create something that is beautiful , more beautiful than I can ever realize by simply reading the score . |
| 14 | The lakes were at their lowest levels for 20 years , and Chew was lower than I can ever remember . |
| 15 | It 's the cheapest adventure story in the world , and it 'll tell you more about Koraloona than I can ever put into words . |
| 16 | Hiding her feelings quickly , she said , ‘ I would have had four more years of your love than I can ever have now . ’ |
| 17 | During her years in Helmsley , she had missed life on the farm more than she would ever have thought possible . |
| 18 | Benny took the bus to Dublin on the first day of term with more trepidation than she would ever have expected . |
| 19 | For some reason the thought that he seriously did n't care one way or another what her opinions were wounded her pride more than she would ever have admitted in a million years . |
| 20 | More hurt , bewildered and confused than she would ever have believed possible such a short time ago , she walked into the dark cottage and up to bed . |
| 21 | His gratitude — and the kiss — meant more to her than she would ever have admitted to anyone . |
| 22 | He was much taller than her , and those broad shoulders could weather a much harder pounding than she could ever give him . |
| 23 | ‘ It said she hated having to give you up , she 'd hoped to keep you , but this way you 'd have more than she could ever give you , and she knew you 'd be loved , even as much as she loved you . |
| 24 | So she gazed and her finger traced the outlines of nymphs — thinner , higher cheek-boned than she could ever hope to be , garlanded with flowers , stepping barefoot through the forest ; and sometimes she saw an exhausted Venus , a hand below her belly , lying in a countryside where oxen were driven and ships set sail on uncharted seas . |
| 25 | Please heaven that she would n't find out that he was involved after all , because something warned her that that would be more than she could ever cope with . |
| 26 | Grainne lay in Raynor 's arms before the fire , warm and drowsy , and more deeply happy than she could ever remember being . |
| 27 | She felt physically fitter and more alive than she could ever remember . |
| 28 | She had no idea how long she stayed there , simply gazing into the beautiful sea-blue eyes which had become more important than life itself to her , but everything she saw there somehow made all of her doubts , all of her fears just slide away , leaving her lighter of heart than she could ever remember being . |
| 29 | Emily climbed down from the cab and stood looking uncertainly around her , World 's End was a far worse place than she could ever have imagined . |
| 30 | What he was saying hurt Shiona more than she could ever have believed possible . |