Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your father was lighter than I am . ’ |
| 2 | My sister always had her own trendy style ; ever since we were little I 've been aware that she was prettier than me , but she is unassuming and unaware of it . |
| 3 | Milla also said she steered away from romance with actors and models ‘ because they try to be prettier than me ’ . |
| 4 | I do n't like men that handsome then that they think this sounds awful bigheaded , they are prettier than me . |
| 5 | It 's also quicker than I thought a diesel would be . ’ |
| 6 | And then the old keeper , he was quicker than I am , because I was l erm because he was used to the job do you see . |
| 7 | Okay , it right , erm , nought point five three , you 're obviously going to do these quicker than I can write them down , so you can write them down . |
| 8 | You 're quicker than I am . |
| 9 | Yeah , he 's quicker than I am , but he do n't seem to be as accurate |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't make me feel sillier than I already do . ’ |
| 11 | well we went on a course , for a week up Newcastle and of course er erm we had to be there for nine o'clock so we had to catch the bus , at the latest half past eight so you 're up at you 're up at seven and you get showered and what have you cos there 's a shower in the be bedroom get yourself all ready so you 're down by about erm half seven , quarter to eight , like so you tend to think quarter of an hour to the erm bus stop which is right outside the door of the hotel we were getting so and we use the bus rather than take the car in daily , cos it 's easier so I and er and of course I sat down and had a breakfast and I thoroughly enjo , I did n't have any cereals you know , I says well er and I had a little bit of orange orange juice , but it was this erm made up orange juice |
| 12 | How come every time I see you you 're even lovelier than I remember . |
| 13 | You are lovelier than I dreamed . |
| 14 | Except for being much deader than I remembered . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh no , although it was a bit further than I bargained for . |
| 16 | Although Jerry was of the same height , he was much fairer than I , with very attractive blue eyes , he was slighter of build , and had a much sweeter disposition . |
| 17 | I do n't imagine that he felt any easier immediately I applied the hot blankets , but suggestion is a powerful weapon in the armoury of the doctor , and he did at least manage a smile . |
| 18 | Will you find it easier than me to say , what their . |
| 19 | Finding Alec Davidson was much easier than I thought although he surprised me by what he had become . |
| 20 | Though it was easier than I could have hoped , my pride and self-pity would not admit it . |
| 21 | It turned out to be a lot easier than I thought because I was scarcely quick on the uptake when it came to lessons . |
| 22 | Formation flying on the photographic Aztec was easier than I had expected considering the airframe 's sleekness and the early jet engines ' reputation for poor acceleration . |
| 23 | It was years later that I realised I really would have to tackle it , but I found it was much easier than I had expected . |
| 24 | ‘ It was much easier than I 'd expected though we had very good weather , sunny and dry all the way . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps I am tougher than I sometimes appear … |
| 26 | And so that , it made me a tougher than I should have been . |
| 27 | As I say , I could have destroyed you , or so I thought at the time , but you 've turned out to be a lot tougher than I had imagined … not vulnerable or confused at all . |
| 28 | He is a good four inches shorter than me . |
| 29 | You 're shorter than me ! |
| 30 | Her moon-shaped face was always split with a smile , even when she was scooping up dog turds with a device the handle of which was at least two feet shorter than I would have wanted it to be . |