Example sentences of "lot [adj -er] than i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turned out to be a lot easier than I thought because I was scarcely quick on the uptake when it came to lessons . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | lot bigger than me . |
| 4 | He was looking correctly grave , but his mouth was sensitive and he was a lot bigger than I was , in addition to being years senior . |
| 5 | She was not a lot taller than me . |
| 6 | He 's a lot taller than I am . |
| 7 | look , yes you are , you er , you 're mummy puts you in the front , but she 's a lot taller than I am , and she can tip it up easier , I need James in the front because he 's the lightest , you 're the heaviest |
| 8 | The thinks comparisons with Morrissey are inaccurate because Moz is ‘ a lot smarter than I am . |
| 9 | I was out of my depth : she was a lot heavier than me and a bloody sight more determined . |
| 10 | some of you are a lot younger than me of course , it could be a lot smaller , but er er showing this to teenagers , if you work out what age a teenager will be in the year twenty forty , they 'll be about er in their mid sixties so this period of time , basically , is the time over which our present er generation of schoolchildren will have their adult life . |
| 11 | I can tell you something , Alex is a lot better than me at it . |
| 12 | ‘ It has n't changed much , though the hall looked a lot smaller than I remembered . ’ |
| 13 | It was a lot smaller than I thought . ’ |
| 14 | And my sister in law who erm my eldest brother was a lot older than me . |
| 15 | But do you know , me cousin Eric , who 's quite a lot older than me , was at Scarborough with me Uncle and and his mother and dad and he was only a little one and he was stood in that narrow street that goes off , off the |
| 16 | And of course I spoke erm er there I spoke a lot slower than I normally do . |
| 17 | She 's a lot weirder than I am . |
| 18 | They were a lot weirder than I was . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It was a lot worse than I remembered . |
| 20 | And she 's a lot stronger than I ever thought she could be . ’ |
| 21 | It was a lot stronger than I had imagined and so I did not treat it with the necessary respect . |
| 22 | ‘ It must be a great car , but mine is a lot nippier than I thought it would be . ’ |
| 23 | Having a bit of a rest in the winter , I was able to relax a little bit more , so I think I came over a lot fresher than I normally do for the start of the season . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's a lot keener than I 'd been used to , because here you are not guaranteed a place . |