Example sentences of "than she would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alyssia glanced up at him , disliking him even more than she would have imagined possible . |
| 2 | His words hurt her more deeply than she would have imagined . |
| 3 | While all went well she could maintain a fine independence , but when the order threatened to change , she was more affected than she would have believed possible . |
| 4 | Much laughter and badinage arose out of trying to outdo each other , block each other 's moves , and the evening passed more swiftly than she would have believed possible . |
| 5 | Anne Hammond 's courageous acceptance of the cruel hand fate had dealt her had moved her far more than she would have believed possible , the more so because it only seemed to emphasise her own feeling of helplessness . |
| 6 | Leonora settled down to her breakfast in a better frame of mind than she would have believed possible the day before . |
| 7 | One minister , asked to distinguish between the way Mr Major led the review and the way Mrs Thatcher might have behaved , says : ‘ He interfered more — and more often — and earlier — than she would have done . ’ |
| 8 | And once broken , once the grief and tears had begun , it would take some little time for her to recover , although now that she had faced what had happened she might do so more quickly and easily than she would have done had she continued suppressing her memories , and refusing healthy grieving . |
| 9 | A Brazilian lucky enough to earn the minimum wage must work four times longer now for a basic food ration than she would have done in 1959 . |
| 10 | Her make-up she had purposely applied slightly more heavily than she would have done during the day , silver-grey shadow adding emphasis to her eyes , a touch of blusher for her cheeks , lipstick . |
| 11 | It was perhaps a bit thicker than she would have liked , but the weight was about right . |
| 12 | Dithering nervously with the colour-coded translucent cube-sleeves watching her intrusion , it took her longer than she would have liked to calm down enough to start . |
| 13 | Penny would have known more wives from the Agency and from the Bureau than she would have met wives from the Service . |
| 14 | ‘ It may be so , ’ said Joan lightly , more wounded by the suggestion than she would have admitted . |
| 15 | There were more wreaths than she would have expected and the flowers were already wilting in the merciless sun . |
| 16 | There were enough provisions here to feed her for a week — and in far more luxury than she would have dreamt of buying for herself . |
| 17 | Louisa was held by those urgent eyes , drawn more deeply than she would have wished into the darkness behind . |
| 18 | Out of bed , it was colder than she would have thought possible , the temperature of Russia when nights are coldest there . |
| 19 | He still had n't said anything to her bald accusation , and suddenly she needed his reply more than she would have thought possible . |
| 20 | He recovered far more quickly than she would have thought possible for such a big man , but the drag on her arm nearly pulled it out of its socket . |
| 21 | Her grandfather 's death had affected her more than she would have thought possible . |