Example sentences of "than i [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I think you 're a very brave girl , ’ he said ‘ — braver even than I thought at first .
2 Just to say that the trip worked out slightly cheaper than I anticipated at first and have pleasure in returning a little bit from your cheque .
3 Dear Harsnet , he wrote , it has taken me longer than I had at first anticipated to work my way through the manuscript you .
4 ‘ But I felt less affection and respect for you when I said it then , than I do at this minute , when I ca n't honestly say it .
5 " Now I feel younger at seventy than I did at sixty .
6 Mind you , my elder daughter takes a lot more responsibility for herself than I did at that age . ’
7 In fact , I look better now than I did at 20 and I 'm still pretty fit .
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