Example sentences of "[adj] [det] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Haar has nicely put it , the situation is akin to that of a sweepstake : a single ticket fetches much more than its mathematically calculated value , for the simple reason that the grand prize may fall to any one holder . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've learnt to do so much more than I ever thought I was capable of , from mixing cement and laying bricks , to walking 200km in a fortnight , ’ said Kirsten . |
| 3 | They did — and still can — mean much , much more than you probably imagine as you 're putting this week 's issue together |
| 4 | MUCH MORE THAN YOU EVER IMAGINED THE SEASIDE |
| 5 | You leave the theatre with the empty feeling that comes from watching a piece which ( like a salesman ) promises much more than it actually delivers . |
| 6 | She had eaten much more than she usually did at this time of day . |
| 7 | I understand life , and the family ties that make up almost all of it , much less than I ever did . |
| 8 | I do n't know though I mean he , he 's , he 's allowed that , he allowed that the fact that they could of been unarmed men and all that but he also condemned three of them on the evidence of this lead which he really should n't of done , he should of left an open verdict on those few cos lead could be transferred to . |
| 9 | I know he stabbed the portrait but he 'd got over all that and he never killed her … he did it out of sheer unhappiness and frustration … but that was months ago … you must believe me ! ’ |
| 10 | Why go through all this if they already have the answers ? |
| 11 | No , I 'm trying to say what is behind all this if you really think of it ? |
| 12 | I mean it would indicate that our budgets five thousand more than we really need on other years . |
| 13 | Or perhaps it proves that women tend to try to be attractive to upstage one another and they completely forget that men are going to find them attractive too . ’ |
| 14 | The night before the wedding the girls hardly slept at all and they did not chatter to one another as they usually did until they found sleep . |
| 15 | His two thumbs rotated about one another as they always did when he was agitated and looking for a way to strike . |
| 16 | In 1921 Bowley estimated that only 41 per cent of working class families could depend on a man 's wage and of the families drawing public assistance during the 1930s fewer than one half depended on only one wage earner . |
| 17 | We do not scientifically analyse our acts any more than we endlessly scrutinize our theories or tacit knowledge . |
| 18 | I just hope they do n't tax company cars any more than they already have done . |
| 19 | Perhaps even more significantly , ‘ 56 per cent of women and 57 per cent of men said they had no desire to go out any more than they already do ’ . |
| 20 | Things did n't grow very well in it because it was in shadow and Patsy was n't much of a gardener , but it was her own , and nobody ever touched it , any more than they ever went into her room . |
| 21 | ‘ You would n't want to antagonise me any more than you already have . |
| 22 | I still do n't like regulars any more than I ever did ; the officers are not too bad , but the men are not a good type , and the ex-ranker officer is a strain to live with . |
| 23 | In the first stages , the first winter , I do n't remember feeling cold at all ; or , at least , I do n't remember that I suffered from cold any more than anyone else did . |
| 24 | Those who came included the food-obsessed Jo Brand ( 'I thought it was a ‘ Fork benefit ’ ) ; Marks Thomas and Miwurdz ; Michael Redmond ; The Comedy Store Players ; and Mark Steel ( 'I know it 's not trendy to say so any more but I just hate the police . |
| 25 | I 'm actually sick of it now I ca n't watch it any more cos you just know |
| 26 | I have told him he is n't the same man I married any more and he just takes me for granted . |