Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liz Taylor 's courage in playing a woman older and ( then ) fatter than herself in Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? ( 1966 ) was enough in itself to win her an Oscar . |
| 2 | It seems that once such a figure has been established there is no need for duplication , but that the necessity for such figures , typical of something larger than themselves without being limited to illustrating a single characteristic , is undeniable . |
| 3 | Mr Brice , it turned out when he got to C4 , was not older than himself at all . |
| 4 | the formula rarely varies : a young inexperienced , poor to moderately well-to-do woman encounters and becomes involved with a handsome , strong , experienced wealthy man , older than herself by ten to fifteen years . |
| 5 | Owls nearly always take prey smaller than themselves without dismembering them . |
| 6 | On one side of Moorlake was another house , a little smaller than itself with bay windows and the sign " Antiques " hung over its yellow-painted door . |
| 7 | Blond , Danish-faced Mary sat solemnly on the chancel steps with a Joseph smaller than herself in a striped towelling bathrobe and a towel tied to his head with plaited wool . |