Example sentences of "more [adj] [conj] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was buoyant today , but also edgy and more authoritative than I 'd seen him for ages , when mostly he 'd been gloomy and sulky . |
| 2 | Tony more subdued than I 'd remembered him . |
| 3 | My position on the whole thing started to wobble last year when I had some reflexology ( a foot massage ) which made me more relaxed than I 've felt for years . |
| 4 | It is even more useful when I have found a glaring mistake , have partially undone something and rehung the stitches inaccurately . |
| 5 | Now that I am closer to Tamsin I can see that she is more tired than I had thought . |
| 6 | Whilst waiting to go to Spring Harvest my visits to church became more regular and I began to realise the truth of God 's Word . |
| 7 | The riding became more regular and I wanted to ride more often than I could . |
| 8 | Erm I now accept that that was a misreading of Harrogate District Council 's resolution which was rather more ambiguous than I have represented it here . |
| 9 | Was it possible that people were even more complicated than I had imagined , and had Mrs Monro once been young and funny ? |
| 10 | She 's made me more responsible and I 've done better in my exams and I 've worked at my English . |
| 11 | I could see that writing Lover at the Gate had implications more profound than I had supposed . |
| 12 | Sister was even more angry than I had anticipated . |
| 13 | I became even more thankful that I 'd had a normal birth as it would have been so hard to cope after a repeat section . |
| 14 | I 've been waiting all this time for a baby , but I must admit the carrying of it is more tiring than I 'd expected . ’ |
| 15 | The luncheon and exhibition had been more tiring than I had expected . |
| 16 | I had been at great pains to appear distant towards him and been more successful than I had thought I could be . |
| 17 | The results in my Mediterranean garden have been more successful than I 'd dared to hope . |
| 18 | It was more difficult than I 'd imagined . |
| 19 | The second one was much more difficult because I had to come up with a script every couple of weeks , and there was so much crammed into each one . |
| 20 | He was more modest than I 'd given him credit for . |
| 21 | ‘ For one thing , the man was more unreliable than I 'd thought . |
| 22 | I 'd have been a lot more worried if I 'd known how much it was going to be … |
| 23 | It was a good hotel — but more expensive than I had intended : next day I must arrange everything . |
| 24 | In the preface to his great History of Europe , H. A. L. Fisher wrote : " Men wiser than and more learned than I have discerned in history a plot , a rhythm , a predetermined pattern . |