Example sentences of "than could be say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had courage , dignity and class , which was more than could be said of some of his judges . |
| 2 | Seventh Day Adventists were the favoured race skippers — they did n't drink , which was more than could be said for the lighter crews . |
| 3 | Which was more than could be said for Mr Gittings , the decorator . |
| 4 | A pleasant , very nearly a respectable , young man , it seemed , which was far more than could be said for the fellow they had put up for Bradford in 1841 , an Irishman of the wilder variety who had served his apprenticeship to the political trade in such select establishments as Northallerton House of Correction and the castle jails of Lancaster and York . |
| 5 | They did not seem to mind , each patting her head and calling out that her hair would soon grow , which was more than could be said for the balding bailiffs escorting them . |
| 6 | Which was more than could be said for Geoff Tulloch . |
| 7 | ‘ Which it would seem is more than could be said for your father 's . ’ |
| 8 | It was short and straight , which was more than could be said for her mouth , which was curvy and rather wider than it should have been for her ashen , wedge-shaped face . |