Example sentences of "than [pers pn] [verb] been [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conditions were better for fishing now than they 'd been all night . |
| 2 | ‘ Leith , ’ he said , but his look was no warmer , no less arrogant than it had been all morning , ‘ you do n't … ’ he went on , and seemed slightly stuck for words . |
| 3 | On leaving the stall they plunged into the hall which was bedlam , and far fuller than it had been that morning . |
| 4 | The ground fire was much worse than it had been that morning . |
| 5 | I think that you have made the magazine more interesting , more satirical and funnier than it has been this century . |
| 6 | She climbed down , aware suddenly of how close he was to her , closer than he had been all morning , and when she turned , it was to find him looking down at her , a strange expression in his eyes . |