Example sentences of "[pron] more [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1	I more or less demanded that Nigel be referred to her .
2	As time went on , Finch found himself more and more attached to bed .
3	in all honesty ans answer what he said , you more or less made a statement and said yes I am er but I , I know all about the products and I 'll give you best advice .
4	A competent scholar who had an inbred regard for the pastoral needs of country congregations , he was exactly suited to his place , upon which he never needed to insist , and its responsibilities , which he more than adequately fulfilled .
5	This is what he more than once declared to be his aim .
6	And though he more than once declared suicide a selfish act , he must also have foreseen that there are certain states of mind in which sensitive consideration of others becomes impossible .
7	In any case , I believe Eliot admired the thrillers of the prolific E. Phillips Oppenheim , who was published in the yellow-backed series to which he more than once referred as a possible source of inspiration .
8	And he he more or less laid down the whole theory of probability , in a few days , Pascal
9	He more or less succeeded .
10	But er course we n n never got any money because we er m it more or less disbanded the Notts miners ' union that did , it er it took everything away was That was when we were er er s the Spencer union was formed more or less by the management .
11	‘ The problems came when I started to find myself more and more entrenched in the business side of things , and unable to actually design stuff like before .
12	The problem is I 've found myself more and more attracted to my son-in-law and I know he feels the same way .
13	Hallin managed to alleviate some of the problems with Red Rhino , and as the band found themselves more and more entangled in the music industry , he became a king of protective figure for them , a buffer against the business world .

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